ANNEX 1 Expert Meeting on Statelessness Determination Procedures & Statelessness Status at the National Level CICG Conference Center, Room 5, 3d Floor Geneva, Switzerland 6 and 7 December 2010 Agenda3 Monday, 6 December 2010 09:00 – 09:30 Registration 09:30 – 10:00 Opening remarks UNHCR will briefly outline why it is focusing on development of guidance on the determination of statelessness, in particular under the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 10:00 – 11:00 DETERMINATION PROCEDURES • Form and location of statelessness determination procedures, including in relation to refugee status determination procedures 11:00 – 11:30 Break 11:30 – 13:00 DETERMINATION PROCEDURES (cont.) • Contact with foreign authorities regarding nationality status • Procedural guarantees: decision-making, suspensive effect, and appeal/review • Procedures for determining de facto statelessness 13:00 – 14:15 Lunch break 14:15 – 16:00 ISSUES PERTAINING TO EVIDENCE • Burden and standard of proof • Forms of evidence 16:00 – 16:15 Break 16:15 – 17:30 ISSUES PERTAINING TO EVIDENCE (cont.) 3 Timing is indicative and subject to modification based on progress in discussions. Each item will be briefly introduced by the author of the discussion paper, followed by discussion. 8