1. MAKING EFFECTIVE USE OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS
TO SOLVE STATELESSNESS
The table below shows Special Procedures that addressed access to
nationality or prevention of statelessness between 2012 and 2015.
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Number of documents mentioning resolving
situations of statelessness or access to nationality28
Mandate
Commu-
Country
Thematic
nications
Visit
Reports
Total
Reports
Working Group on the issue of
discrimination against women in law and
practice
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in
persons, especially women and children
Working Group of experts on people of
african descent
Special Rapporteur on minority issues
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
migrants
Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and
human rights
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and
protection of the right to freedom of opinion
and expression
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
internally displaced persons
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms
of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance
Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Myanmar
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion
or belief
Special Rapporteur on the rights of
indigenous peoples
Working Group on enforced or involuntary
disappearances
Special Rapporteur on contemporary
forms of slavery, including its causes and
consequences
Special Rapporteur on the human right to
safe drinking water and sanitation
Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Cambodia
Independent Expert on the situation of
human rights in Haiti
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30
1
1
32
7
5
13
0
12
2
5
1
3
7
0
7
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
0
6
0
4
2
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
1
2
5
3
1
2
0
3
2
6
3
3
2
0
2
3
2
14
12
11
8
8
7
7
7
6
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
Since the focus of this chapter is on using these mechanisms to solve statelessness,
mandates which have referred to access to rights for stateless persons but not
the need to resolve their statelessness are not included in this list.
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