Thematic analysis
of pledges
Pledges relevant to issuing nationality documentation to those
with entitlement to it (Action 8 of the Global Action Plan)
While lack of documentation alone does not usually mean a person is stateless, denial of
nationality documentation due to discrimination against particular groups who are not recognized
as nationals is a major cause of statelessness. To address statelessness caused in this way,
procedures to obtain documentation should be affordable, accessible and implemented in a
non-discriminatory manner.
Since the launch of the #IBelong Campaign, Kyrgyzstan is the only State which has issued
nationality documentation to all persons with entitlement to it. Progress has also been made in
Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Iraq, Kenya, Latvia, Malaysia, Niger, Philippines, Tajikistan,
Thailand and Yemen.
Pledges relevant to issuing nationality documentation to those with entitlement to it
Total number of entities that made pledges
18
Total number of pledges made
21
Pledges made by States
Number of States that made pledges
14
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African
Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Montenegro,
Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda
States which made pledges
Number of pledges made by States
17
Pledges made by international/regional organizations
Number of international/regional organizations
that made pledges
International/regional organizations that made
pledges
36
2
Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS), The Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe
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