LIST OF ACRONYMS TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Acronyms APRRN NHRI National Human Rights Institution NIA National Immigration Agency (Taiwan) ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations NGO Non-governmental Organization CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women OSJI Open Society Justice Initiative PNG Papua New Guinea Convention on the Rights of the Child RSN Refugee Solidarity Network RoS Resolution of Status (Australia) SDCC CRC CSO Civil Society Organization CSPR Coalition for the Rights of Refugees and Stateless Persons Tuvalu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 161 Regional - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Vanuatu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 165 Central Asia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 37 South Asia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 169 Tajikistan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 54 Bhutan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 188 Turkmenistan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 59 India - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 191 SEAP Statelessness Encyclopedia Asia Pacific Uzbekistan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 64 Maldives - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 197 East Asia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 71 Pakistan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 206 People's Republic of China - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 78 Sri Lanka - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 211 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of The People's Republic of China (Hong Kong SAR)- - - 84 Southeast Asia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 215 Japan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Brunei Darussalam (Brunei) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 226 Mongolia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 94 Cambodia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 230 Demovratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 97 Indonesia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 235 Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) - - - 239 Republic of Korea (South Korea) - - - - - - - - - - 100 Malaysia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 242 Republic of China (Taiwan) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 105 Myanmar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 247 Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (Australia) DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development (the Philippines) SNAP Statelessness Network Asia Pacific SDP Statelessness Determination Procedure Nepal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 200 TPV Temporary Protection Visas (Australia) UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights UNESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pacific - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 111 ICJ International Court of Justice UNHCR Fiji - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 127 IDP Internally Displaced Person United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees IRC International Review Committee (Taiwan) ICESCR ISI International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Tonga - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 158 Statelessness and Dignified Citizenship Coalition Asia Pacific SHEV International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 Bangladesh - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 183 Development of Human Resources for Rural Areas ICCPR Solomon Islands - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 155 Kyrgyzstan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 49 DHRRA Human Rights Working Group Indonesia Samoa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 152 Afghanistan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 180 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics HRWG Executive Summary- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 Kazakhstan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 44 CRVS ICERD 2 Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network Table of Contents UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund UPR Universal Periodic Review US United States Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Women Peace Makers MoU Memoranda of Understanding USSR NFA Nationality For All WPM STATELESSNESS ENCYCLOPEDIA ASIA PACIFIC (DETAILED VERSION) Australia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 120 Kiribati - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 130 Marshall Islands - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 134 Federated States of Micronesia (Micronesia) - 137 Philippines - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 253 Singapore - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 259 Thailand- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 265 Timor-Leste - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 271 Vietnam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 274 Stakeholders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 278 Nauru - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 140 New Zealand - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 143 Concluding Remarks - - - - - - - - - - - - 280 Palau - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 146 Papua New Guinea - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 148 Endnotes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 281 REPORT 2024 3