Annex: Compendium of pledges delivered at the HLS
State
Pledge
Year of
completion
expected by
the State
Relevant Action
of the Global
Action Plan/
Thematic Focus
Benin
The Government of the Republic of Benin hereby commits to reform the
Beninese Nationality Code by 2020 at the latest in order to remove the
discriminatory provisions contained in Articles 12 and 13.
2020
Other
The Government of the Republic of Benin hereby commits to undertake a
rapid review of Benin's National Plan of Action to combat statelessness
with a view to bringing it into line with the Banjul Plan of Action
subsequently adopted.
2019
Other (National
Action Plan)
2020
Other
(awareness
raising/training)
By 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina commits to develop dedicated
statelessness determination procedure and provide stateless persons
rights in accordance with international conventions (the 1954 Convention
Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons).
2022
6
By 2023, Bosnia and Herzegovina commits to improve birth registration of
all children regardless of their status or status of their parents or lack of
identity documents through changes to the legislation on civil registration
and through improvement of birth registration practice. These actions will
facilitate registration of children born abroad by BiH parents and
registration of children born in BiH by undocumented parents (asylum
seekers and migrants).
2023
7
By 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina commits to ensure issuance of
nationality documents to persons who are entitled to nationality under law
but cannot acquire documentary proof are enabled to do so. Furthermore,
Bosnia and Herzegovina commits to create mechanism for regulating
status of persons in situation of displacement who stay in BiH for a long
time (citizens of former SFRY) and who never registered residence.
2022
8
By the end of 2020, Bosnia and Herzegovina will develop a state action
plan for ending statelessness by 2024 in cooperation with all relevant
stakeholders at state, entity, Brcko District, cantonal and municipal/city
levels.
2020
6, 7, 8, Other
(National Action
Plan)
The Government of the Republic of Bulgaria hereby commits to initiate the
procedure under national law to withdraw the reservation imposed by the
Republic of Bulgaria with regard to Article 31 of the 1954 Convention
Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.
2021
9
The Government of the Republic of Bulgaria hereby commits to a regular
review of the relevance of the reservations imposed by Bulgaria in 2011 to
the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.
2022
9
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
The Bolivian State is committed to coordinating and working with UNHCR
to conduct training workshops and/or seminars on statelessness and
refugees, to raise awareness and foster a common understanding around
these topics.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
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