Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 40th Session of the Universal Periodic Review MOLDOVA Introduction 1. The Law Center of Advocates (CDA), the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in Moldova. 2. The Law Center for Advocates (CDA) is a public association, registered on 24 February 1997 at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova. The organisation's mission is to promote the fundamental rights of people in need of international protection (refugees and asylum seekers), stateless persons, people at risk of becoming stateless, and vulnerable immigrants, who are the most marginalised and at risk of human rights violations. The CDA is a partner of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and an associate member of the European Network on Statelessness (ENS).1 3. The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) 2 is a civil society alliance of NGOs, lawyers, academics, and other independent experts committed to addressing statelessness in Europe. It currently has over 170 members in 41 European countries. ENS organises its work around three pillars – law and policy development, awarenessraising, and capacity-building. ENS provides expert advice and support to a range of stakeholders, including governments. This submission partially draws on information and analysis from ENS’s Statelessness Index, which covers Moldova.3 4. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) is the first and only human rights NGO dedicated to working on statelessness at the global level. ISI’s mission is to promote 1 For more information about CDA, see: https://cda.md/index.php/en/. For more information about the European Network on Statelessness, see: www.statelessness.eu. 3 The Statelessness Index on Moldova can be accessed at: https://index.statelessness.eu/country/moldova. 2 1