Annex: Compendium of pledges delivered at the HLS
Year of
completion
expected by
the State
Relevant Action
of the Global
Action Plan/
Thematic Focus
By the end of 2020, the Kyrgyz Republic commits to adopt Regulation for
determining the legal status of a stateless person.
2020
6
By the end of 2020, the Kyrgyz Republic commits to ensure birth
registration and documentation by providing birth registration certificates
of the Kyrgyz Republic to those children who do not have birth registration.
2020
7
The Kyrgyz Republic commits to bring the national legislation of the Kyrgyz
Republic in the field of birth registration in accordance with international
standards to ensure registration of birth of every child born in the Kyrgyz
Republic.
2020
7
The Kyrgyz Republic commits to intensify its work on studying the
experience of other State parties to the UN Conventions of 1954 and 1961
on statelessness.
No year of
completion
indicated
9
The Government of Kingdom of Lesotho hereby commits to adopt by 2020
the bill on nationality that grants nationality to children of unknown origin
found on its territory, and provides for a safeguard to grant nationality to
children born on its territory who would otherwise be stateless.
2020
2
The Government of the Kingdom Lesotho hereby commits to undertake by
2020 a study publishing a qualitative study to better understand the
situation of groups and individuals, who are stateless or at the risk of being
stateless, staying in her territory.
2020
10
Adoption of the National Action Plan: The Government of Liberia is a
signatory to the two Statelessness Conventions but has not domesticated
the Conventions. In 2015, the LRRRC and UNHCR jointly organised key
stakeholders (including Government and civil society & NGO and UN
actors) to draft a National Action Plan which is pending endorsement by
the Cabinet to form the basis for government and UNHCR's intervention on
statelessness issues.
2020
Other (National
Action Plan)
Government of Liberia hereby commits to work with key parliamentary
members for the passage of the amended Aliens and Nationality Law to
address issues of gender discrimination in Liberia. The current Aliens and
Nationality Law of Liberia (ANL) discriminates against Liberian women who
have children with foreign nationals from passing on their nationality
automatically to their children like their male counterparts. This section 20
of the ANL has to be aligned with the Liberian Constitution (Article 28); to
review the Aliens and Nationality Law to ensure protection against denial
of nationality on discriminatory grounds, such as disability or medical
reasons.
2019
3
Government of Liberia hereby commits to work with the Liberia Institute of
Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and UNFPA on inclusion of
questions of statelessness in the 2020 census questionnaire.
2021
10
State
Pledge
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Lesotho
Liberia
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