Table 6 – GAP achievements and assessment of progress against targets (from launch of campaign to end of 2019) Source for achievements: UNHCR Statelessness Section, “Summary achievements – Global Action Plan to End Statelessness 2014-2024”, Update 2 January 2020 GAP Action Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness. Achievements by 2020 Kyrgyzstan has become the first country to resolve all known cases of statelessness on its territory. Partial achievements in: Côte d’Ivoire, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia, the Russian Federation, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Vietnam. Assessment of progress Underachieving signficantly on both 2017 and 2020 milestones (10% achievement of 2017 milestone) Action 2: Ensure that no child is born stateless. No States have included a provision in nationality law to grant nationality to children of unknown origin found in their territory (foundlings). Unclear how to measure since baselines and targets are in % but 2020 achievements are in integers. 7 States have included provisions in their nationality law to grant nationality to children born in their territory who would otherwise be stateless (Armenia, Cuba, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Tajikistan). Unclear how to measure since baselines and targets are in % but 2020 achievements are in integers. 2 States have included provisions in their nationality law to grant nationality to children born to nationals abroad who would otherwise be stateless (Cuba, Paraguay). 2 States have reformed their nationality laws allowing women to confer nationality to Unclear how to measure since baselines and targets are in % but 2020 achievements are in integers. Action 3: Remove gender discrimination from nationality laws. their children on an equal basis with men. 2 States have withdrawn reservations to CEDAW Art. 9(2) (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iraq). Underachieving significantly on both 2017 and 2020 milestones (20% achievement of 2017 milestone for reformation of laws to pass on nationality to children). 1 State has introduced reforms to their nationality laws to grant women and men an equal ability to confer nationality on spouses (Lesotho). 1 State has withdrawn reservations to CEDAW Art. 9(1). Underachieving significantly on both 2017 and 2020 milestones ( 5% achievement of reformation of nationality laws to confer nationality to spouse) Action 4: Prevent denial, loss or deprivation of nationality on discriminatory grounds. Action 5: Prevent statelessness in cases of State succession. No States have reformed their nationality laws to remove provisions which permit denial, loss or deprivation of nationality on discriminatory grounds. No progress on baseline for this GAP action Not tracked Progress is not being tracked for this Action Action 6: Grant protection status to stateless migrants and facilitate their naturalization. 11 States have established statelessness determination procedures . 2 States have improved their statelessness determination procedure. 9 States have introduced procedures for facilitated naturalization for stateless migrants. Partial achievement of 2017 milestone (45% introduced procedures for naturalization; 55% established SDPs) Action 7: Ensure birth registration for the prevention of statelessness. Not tracked Progress is not being tracked for this Action - however, it is tracked as an indicator in the RBM system so there would be a potential way to track it Action 8: Issue nationality documentation to those with entitlement to it. 1 State has issued nationality documentation to all those with entitlement to it (Kyrgyzstan). Partial achievements in 11 States Unclear how to measure since baselines and targets are in % but 2020 achievements are in integers. Action 9: Accede to the UN Statelessness Conventions. 13 States have acceded to the 1954 Convention since the campaign launch for a total of 96 States. Underachieving on both 2017 and 2020 milestones (80% of 2020 target achieved for 1954 Convention) 21 States have acceded to the 1961 Convention since the campaign launch for a total of 76 States. Quantitative population data on stateless populations is publicly available for 3 more States. Underachieving on both 2017 and 2020 milestones (74% of 2020 target achieved for 1961 Convention) Underachieving signficiantly on both 2017 and 2020 milestones for number of States where quantative data is available (12% achievement of 2017 target). Qualitative studies on stateless populations have been conducted for 25 States. 2017 target for qualitative data has been achieved. Action 10: Improve quantitative and qualitative data on stateless populations. UNHCR / May, 2021 26