Thematic analysis
of pledges
Pledges relevant to granting protection status to stateless
migrants and facilitating their naturalization (Action 6 of the
Global Action Plan)
The 1954 Convention establishes a regime to protect the rights of stateless persons. While it does
not explicitly require the establishment of statelessness determination procedures, it is implicit in
the 1954 Convention that States must identify stateless persons within their jurisdictions so as to
provide them appropriate treatment in order to comply with their Convention commitments. A
large proportion of the pledges made at the HLS pertained to establishing statelessness
determination procedures and facilitating the naturalization of stateless persons.
Pledges relevant to granting protection status to stateless migrants
and facilitating their naturalization
Total number of entities that made pledges
42
Total number of pledges made
57
Pledges made by States
Number of States that made pledges
Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Colombia,
Congo (Republic of), Costa Rica, Denmark,
Eswatini, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania,
Malawi, Mali, Montenegro, Niger, Nigeria,
Panama, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Thailand,
Turkmenistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
States that made pledges
30
37
Number of pledges made by States
52
Number of pledges including implementation/
strengthening of statelessness determination
procedures
33
Number of pledges including facilitating
naturalization for stateless persons
15
Number of pledges including enhancing
human rights protection for stateless persons
7
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