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
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