Annex: Compendium of pledges delivered at the HLS
Year of
completion
expected by
the State
Relevant Action
of the Global
Action Plan/
Thematic Focus
The Government of Montenegro hereby commits to share with other
countries its experience acquired in the process of prevention of
statelessness, in particular in the area of the establishment of the
statelessness determination procedure, the development of favourable
legal regimes for persons displaced after conflict, and support provided to
the ground work of mobile teams of other countries in Montenegro (Mobile
Team of Kosovo*), tasked to issue personal documents to undocumented
persons.
2023
Other
(diplomacy)
The Government of Montenegro hereby commits to continuously
strengthen government institutions with the aim to implement the
statelessness determination procedure and to harmonize/amend national
legislation, in particular in the area of social care, health care and
employment, to secure unhindered access to rights for persons granted
stateless status in Montenegro.
2021
6
2022
10
The Government of the Republic of Namibia hereby commits: To accede
and or ratify the 1954 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless
Persons and 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Stateless Persons as
well as the 1969 OAU Convention Governing Specific Aspects of Refugee
Problems in Africa and the 2009 AU Convention on the Protection and
Assistance of Internal Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) by
2020.
2020
9
The Government of the Republic of Namibia hereby commits: Commit to
introduce a provision in its nationality law to grant nationality to children of
unknown origin found in its territory.
2021
2
The Government of the Republic of Namibia hereby commits: Commit to
identify stateless persons in all regions and to undertake and publish a
qualitative study to better understand the situation of stateless groups and
individuals living in its territory with a view to finding a solution to their
situation.
2020
10
The Government of the Republic of Namibia hereby commits: Commit to
fully implement the Action Plan on the Eradication of Statelessness in
Namibia.
2023
Other (National
Action Plan)
The Government of the Republic of the Niger commits to set up a
procedure to recognize the status of stateless persons on the basis of the
1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, to which the
Niger acceded in 2014.
2020
6
The Government of the Republic of the Niger hereby commits to by 2020
undertake and publish a qualitative study to better understand the causes
of statelessness and the groups at risk of statelessness living across the
territory, with a view to finding a solution to their situation.
2020
10
State
Pledge
Mozambique
Conduct a study on statelessness in the country by 2022 to identify
aspects that can be improved in preventing, combating and eliminating
statelessness.
Namibia
Niger
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