On 4 November 2014, UNHCR launched the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024. To achieve the goals of the #IBelong Campaign, the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014 – 2024 establishes a guiding framework comprising 10 Actions to be undertaken by States, with the support of UNHCR and other stakeholders. The Global Action Plan is intended to resolve existing major situations of statelessness and prevent new cases from emerging.2 in cooperation with This tool will assist in identifying stateless persons through interviews to be held with persons during a first screening, or when detained in the context of irregular entry; unlawful presence in the territory; or return. While in most cases irregular entry or stay is an administrative offence or breach of immigrations regulations, in some countries, in contravention to international human rights standards, it may be considered a criminal offence and stateless persons may thus be subject to the criminal justice system. It is also important to identify stateless persons who are convicted and detained for crimes unrelated to their immigration status because judges will usually condition release or parole on identity documentation which stateless people are often lacking. Such persons also risk being moved into indefinite immigration detention once criminal detention comes to an end. A tool for their identification and enhanced protection 5