Leaving No One Behind: Statelessness and the Sustainable Development Goals Acknowledgments This report was commissioned by the Division of International Protection(UNHCR) and drafted by Dr. Bronwen Manby. Several colleagues in UNHCR headquarters, regional bureaus and country operations have contributed through key informant interviews and/or review of the document at different stages of the process or otherwise contributed to the preparation and finalization of this work. This includes, Yonatan Araya, Hélène Atrafi, Fernando Bissacot, Ndeye Marie Cisse, Caroline Van Buren, Patrick Eba, Rokya Diakite, Aissatou Masseck Dieng-Ndiaye, Michele Apala Donfack, Radha Govil, Peter Grady, Agnes Hurwitz, Els Jellema, Melissa Johns, Marije Van Kempen, Lane Krainyk, Anne Laakko, Idil Lambo, Betsy Lippman, Emmanuelle Mitte, Arthur Muhlen-Schulte, Matthias Reuss, Monika Sandvik, Jeffrey Savage, Johanna Seidl, Catherine Hamon Sharpe, Jacqueline Strecker, Papa Kysma Sylla, Maria Ermina Valdeavilla-Gallardo, and Benedicte Voos. A number of external key informants were also interviewed for this document, this includes Riza Arai and David Khadour (UNDP), Marlies Cardoen and Jonathan van Meerbeeck (EC INTPA), Amal de Chickera (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion), Alan Gelb (CGD), Mia Harbitz (independent), Diana Gichengo (KHRC), Alexandra Hartman (University College London), Xavier Devictor, Vyjayanti T. Desai, Benjamin Reese and Anne Schuchardt (World Bank), and Melany Anne Markham (UNHCR/World Bank Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement). Photo Credits: Photo Page 1: Kenya. Statelessness. Birth registration Photo Page 1 1: South Africa. Former stateless man wins 10-year battle for citizenship Photo Page 14: Montenegro. Stateless family secures legal status after a 25-Year struggle Photo Page 19: North Macedonia. Citizenship in sight for stateless man after legal battle Photo Page 46: South Sudan. UNHCR helps refugee returnees access civil documents Photo Page 63: Kazakhstan. Stateless Ulpan Tashenova living in Chymkent, one of the three main cities in the country 7