resolution for the prevention of statelessness and the protection of statelessness people in the
region was adopted, calling for parliamentarians and governments in the region to “work towards
the development and adoption of a SADC Ministerial Declaration and Action Plan on statelessness”.
In May 2019, SANN conducted a briefing at the Pan African Parliament. A resolution on the
eradication of statelessness in Africa was adopted, urging Member States to commit to the fight
against statelessness. In 2018, UNHCR and the Department of International Relations and
Cooperation (DIRCO), South Africa, co-hosted a meeting of SADC experts to discuss statelessness
in the region and the adoption of a SADC Ministerial Declaration and regional action plan to address
it. Some SANN members, including LHR, participated in this meeting and supported the proposed
draft Ministerial Declaration and regional action plan to end statelessness in SADC that was
proposed at the meeting.
6. To provide training on statelessness and access to nationality to government and civil society
stakeholders
Update: SANN has conducted parliamentary advocacy on statelessness at a country (South Africa)
and regional level (Pan African Parliament and SADC Parliamentary Forum). SANN has also
participated in workshops on statelessness with parliamentarians and government officials to
explore ways that parliamentarians and other branches of government can prevent statelessness
through legislative reform and establishment of statelessness determination procedures. Such
workshops have been conducted in eSwatini, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and South
Africa.
7. To conduct fundraising campaigns to support activities that aim to protect stateless persons and to
end statelessness
Update: SANN distributes information on funding opportunities to its members. Most recently,
SANN invited the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion to its last annual meeting in 2020 to speak
about its Covid-19 Emergency Statelessness Fund (CESF).
VII.
BREAK OUT DISCUSSIONS
How NGOs can contribute to accession to the 1954 and 1961 Conventions and law reform
(moderated by Sabrina Maonde, LHR)
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