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 the Republic of Bulgaria hereby commits to take action
to improve the procedure to grant statelessness status and to consider the
necessity of introducing a quality assessment mechanism for this
procedure.
2023
6
The Government of the Republic of Bulgaria hereby commits to include
stateless persons among persons subject to the National census 2021.
2021
10
The setting up of a law relating to the status of stateless persons will
consist of the preparation and the submission by the Government of a draft
bill on the status of stateless persons to the National Assembly for
adoption, in accordance with the legislative procedure in force in Burkina
Faso.
2020
6
Establish a Statelessness Determination Procedure in Burkina Faso in
relation to Action 6 of the Global Plan of Action.
2021
6
Reforming the law on nationality and civil status with a view to correcting
the shortcomings that can lead to statelessness, as revealed by the study
on statelessness in Burkina Faso concluded in 2018. This commitment is
linked to Action 2 of the Global Action Plan.
2020
2
No
9
No
9
The Government of the Republic of Cameroon hereby commits to finalize
the process leading to Cameroon's accession to the United Nations
Conventions on Statelessness and to deposit its instruments of accession
to the said Conventions.
2020
9
The Government of the Republic of Cameroon hereby commits to
incorporate a course on statelessness and citizenship in the curriculum of
the Training Centre for Municipal Administration (TCMA).
2021
Other
(awareness
raising/training)
The Government of the Republic of Cameroon hereby commits to conduct
a qualitative study on the risks of statelessness by December 2020.
2020
10
State
Pledge
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Accede to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.
In order to meet this commitment, it is necessary to request the opinion of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the entity responsible for external relations.
After the opinion is delivered, the accession process is referred to the
President for approval by Presidential decree.
Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
In order to meet this commitment, it is necessary to request the opinion of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the entity responsible for external relations.
After the opinion is delivered, the accession process is referred to the
President for approval by presidential decree.
Cameroon
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