The Impact of Media
Upcoming Events
On 7 June, an information portal and a video on
statelessness in the Great Lakes region were launched
to showcase research, news, and testimonies on
statelessness in the region. Among other things,
the portal features materials from the Brazzaville
Declaration process in the four ICGLR languages
(English, French, Arabic and Portuguese). The new
video highlights the situation of people affected by
statelessness in the region and documents commitments
made by governments to address their plight.
On 17 July in New York, the United States
The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights,
UNHCR, UNICEF, UN Women and others will organize
a High-Level Side Event on “Achieving Gender Equal
Nationality Laws: Regional Lessons and Opportunities”
during the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development. The event is co-sponsored by the
Permanent Mission of Tunisia and the Office of the
Permanent Observer Mission of the League of Arab
States and will highlight momentum towards ending
gender discrimination in nationality laws in the Middle
East and Africa.
On 24 – 25 July in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, in
partnership with a group of Malaysian human rights
NGOs and the Malaysian Bar Association, will hold a
regional workshop on ending gender discrimination in
nationality laws that will highlight the benefits of genderequal nationality laws and practices.
On 30 July – 3 August in Tilburg, the Netherlands
The annual Statelessness Summer Course will take
place at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. The course
covers statelessness globally and draws participants from
all regions of the world, including government officials,
NGO representatives and UNHCR staff.
Study of Statelessness in South Sudan
recently launched by UNHCR and
Forcier Consulting
Campaign Resources
Learn More About
Statelessness
Want to support the Campaign? Take a look at our
#IBelong website and post a digital banner on your
website, mobilize your social media contacts by sharing
one of our posts, download and post our Twitter cards or
embed a short video that explains statelessness. Videos,
photo essays and web stories can be found on our
#IBelong stories page. Legal resources are available on
Refworld.
Learning about statelessness is fun and easy. Take
advantage of our self-study module from the comfort of
your armchair!
unhcr.org/ibelong
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