VI. Advocacy and partnerships
Wherever statelessness is linked to migration as a cause or a consequence, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) may be a potential partner. In 2014, delegates at the International Conference on Migration and Statelessness, co-organized by UNHCR, IOM and the Government
of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat, emphasized the need to undertake targeted
actions, including legal reforms and greater regional co-operation, to tackle
pressing challenges in the areas of migration and statelessness in Central
Asia.126 Prevention of and assistance to victims of trafficking and smuggling
as well as return of stateless migrants are other areas where statelessness
may be addressed along with IOM.
Engaging with UN agencies in the area of statelessness and nationality
may also be enhanced through the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource
Group, which brings together a number of UN actors at Headquarters level.127 The Resource Group has already provided UN system-wide guidance
on constitution-making128, which can include advice on rules of acquisition
and loss of nationality, and serves as a means of sharing information and
good practices.
Good practice: On-going efforts in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – collaborating with
civil society actors to reach out to affected populations
The Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia acknowledged that a number of persons who remained in the country after the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia lacked citizenship. Between March 2004
and December 2012, after the Law on Citizenship was amended to include
the transitional provision for facilitated access to naturalization, a total
of 5,056 long-term habitual residents were naturalized.
Despite these efforts, many Roma are still trapped in a cycle in which one
generation’s lack of documentation creates obstacles for the registration of
the next. In 2011, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the Ministry of the Interior, in co-operation with the Directorate for Keeping the
Personal Identification Registry within the Ministry of Justice, began using
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