JANUARY – JUNE 2025 instruments establishing the bod responsible for stateless persons. The workshop produced two key documents: a draft decree creating the National Commission for Stateless Persons (under the Ministry of Justice’s National Directorate of Judicial Affairs and the Seal) and a procedural guide for determining stateless status. statelessness in broader agendas. Participants called for expanding the Global Alliance membership, scaling up its Solution Seekers Programme, and advancing inclusive, coordinated action to achieve local solutions with global impact. In Niger, a Statelessness Working Group for the Tahoua region was established in June and held its first meeting in June with participation from stakeholders nationwide. A new national Alliance was launched in Diffa to mobilize authorities, UN agencies, CSOs, and development actors, with a national evaluation of the Statelessness Action Plan set for end of July. The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, UNHCR, UN Women and UNICEF copublished The Impact of Women’s Unequal Nationality Rights on Sustainable Development in the Middle East and North Africa Region (available in English and Arabic). Ensuring women’s equal nationality rights boosts family well-being and is key to identity, equality, and development in the Arab region. Global and regional updates In May, OHCHR and UNHCR held an online Expert Workshop mandated by Human Rights Council resolution 53/16 to showcase best practices on equal nationality rights. Over 150 participants, including 27 States, joined two panels that addressed discrimination in nationality laws and highlighted solutions from Thailand, Egypt, Kenya, and Chile. Testimonies underscored the human impact of deprivation of nationality, while good practices demonstrated concrete pathways to reform and inclusion. The workshop reinforced the importance of equal nationality rights in preventing and resolving statelessness. In May, the Global Alliance to End Statelessness hosted its first Inter-Regional Network Lab coorganized by the Organization of American States (OAS), Council of Europe, and the Latin American and Caribbean Council for Civil Registration, Identity, and Vital Statistics (CLARCIEV), bringing together around 60 participants from regional intergovernmental organizations and civil society. The event showcased regional frameworks and priorities, from the AU Protocol on the Right to Nationality and Eradication of Statelessness to CLARCIEV’s CRVS Week, and emphasized centering stateless-led organizations, strengthening cooperation, and embedding UNHCR / DIP Statelessness Section In June, UNHCR co-hosted the South-East Asia Sub-Regional Forum on “Inclusivity in CRVS” with ESCAP and UNFPA. The event emphasized the role of CRVS systems in achieving the SDGs and preventing statelessness. A key moment was the participation of stateless Lua representatives, who advocated for legal identity and recognition of community rights in the lead-up to the Third Ministerial Conference on CRVS. In June, UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, with support from Vital Strategies, organized a reception and launched the publication “Ending Statelessness Together” at UNESCAP in Bangkok. The event brought together government officials, donors, private sector, civil society, and Global Alliance Member States (Australia, Thailand, the Philippines and Turkmenistan), reinforcing that statelessness is solvable. In May in Montenegro, the Council of Europe and UNHCR, with ENS, held a Regional Roundtable to conclude the Roma Integration Statelessness Project (June 2024-June 2025). Western Balkan governments reviewed project findings, reflected on progress, and reaffirmed their commitment to address Roma statelessness. In June, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) virtual meeting with Refugee Commissioners, held in collaboration with the UNHCR Regional Bureau for Southern 6