Annex: Compendium of pledges delivered at the HLS Year of completion expected by the organization Relevant Action of the Global Action Plan/ Thematic Focus In the context of an international conference of experts, devise a White Paper on Article 28 of the Geneva Convention on the assessment and prospects of travel document for refugees and stateless persons with a view to rethink the mobility of both populations in the 21st century. 2021 Other At the end of the Conference proposed in the previous commitment, the first network of international experts of Amici Curiae will be set up providing national and regional guidance to supreme courts and other national or supranational high courts on the application of Article 28 of the Geneva Convention and, more generally, on any issue relating to the entry and residence of stateless persons or refugees. The members of the Network will be selected in particular among lawyers, former judges, former senior civil servants, academics and emeritus jurists. Every two years, the Network will meet, on an itinerant basis, to share and develop its knowledge and achievements. 2021 Other The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights hereby commits: To work with our coalition members based in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East to: heighten awareness of the harm caused by gender discrimination in nationality laws; and the importance of gender-equal nationality rights to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through convenings with government, civil society and media. No year of completion indicated 3 The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights hereby commits: Support the development and implementation of a Plan of Action, in partnership with The Campaign’s coalition members and government representatives from the Middle East North-Africa region, to implement the Arab Declaration on Belonging and Identity, which calls for all Arab League members to grant women and men equal nationality rights. No year of completion indicated 3, Other The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights hereby commits: To support UN agencies, including OHCHR, UN Women, UNICEF, UNDP and UNHCR to advocate for an end to gender discrimination in nationality laws, including through a proposed joint event with OHCHR and UNHCR engaging representatives of National Human Rights Institutions and/or other key stakeholders from countries that retain gender-discriminatory nationality laws. Event by 2021 3 The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights hereby commits: Support ongoing efforts in Malaysia to achieve Constitutional reform needed to uphold Malaysian citizens’ equal nationality rights, regardless of gender, in line with Constitutional provisions requiring non-discrimination on the basis of sex. Constitutional amendment by 2021; no deadline for the overall pledge 3 Share good practices and lessons learned from recent reforms, including with States that have pledged at the UNHCR High Level Segment on Statelessness and the Global Refugee Forum to enact reforms to remove gender discrimination from their nationality law. No year of completion indicated 3 The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights hereby commits: Continue to increase attention on the issue of gender discrimination in nationality laws in the context of UN human rights bodies and the UPR process. No year of completion indicated 3 Civil society organization Pledge Fondation Mémoire Albert Cohen (Genève) Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights U N H C R > H I G H - L E V E L S E G M E N T O N S T A T E L E S S N E S S : R E S U LT S A N D H I G H L I G H T S 85

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