OBJECTIVE FINDINGS • • • • OBSTACLES • • • • • • CONSEQUENCES AND COPING MECHANISMS • • • • Registration procedures: 64% have started a registration procedure 26% of them are still at the stage of document preparation and submission and are facing critical challenges 21% have completed their legal process at the religious court and have acquired a proof of lineage, pending transition to civil court 34% still have a lawsuit in process 9% of them do not know which legal stage their lawsuit has reached 7% have received a positive ruling from the judge but are still waiting for implementation Many have been stuck in court more than 10 years Perceptions: 87% feel that perception changes when people know that they are stateless 48% avoid mentioning that they are stateless because of embarrassment (57%) or of exclusion (15%) Access to healthcare: 37% declare having access to hospitals, mainly through mediation (17%) and fraud (15%) Access to work: Unemployment rate is 58%, higher than for nonstateless (49%) Freedom of movement: 52% express fear of moving around the city because of checkpoints with 38% declaring not moving around at all due to fear of being arrested and 32% having learnt how to avoid checkpoints while moving around Access to education: 33% have never been to school, compared to only 10% for the non-stateless • • • • • • • • • • • • • • RECOMMENDATIONS Conduct an extended investigation of the status of people who have filed lawsuits to further detect at which stage they are, and what type of legal and administrative impediments they are facing starting with a pilot in Tripoli. Introduce administrative deadlines for General Security and Civil Status Officer responses to court requests related to statelessness. Introduce administrative deadlines for legal responses sent by the Committee of Cases at the Ministry of Justice regarding stateless cases. Set deadlines for the enforcement of court decisions by the Directorate of Personal Status. This should be done by means of a ministerial decision rendered by the MOI. Collect, organize and digitize data related to internal procedures within public administrations involved with statelessness including but not limited to all relevant circulars, decisions, instructions, and practices. Produce KPIs and simple outcome indicators for the MOI and MOJ to publish annual statistics related to stateless cases submitted, delays, etc. Pilot an automated system for stateless case processing through linking and easy data sharing between the MOI, MOJ and GS. Assess gaps in knowledge of Mukhtars with regards to statelessness. Provide SOPs and trainings and develop oversight through MOI in order to improve accountability and transparency. Unify stateless identification cards and enforce the Laissez-passer passport as the only recognizable document. Develop inter-ministerial collaboration between the MOI and the Ministry of Education (MOE) whereby every student enrolled in a school gets a full subsidy on Laissez-passer until graduation. Recognize the right of work for Laissez-passer holders through a collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and the MOI. Provide training related to statelessness for relevant security institutions to better instil human rights values and improve these stakeholders’ treatment of stateless individuals. Develop efficient oversight, transparency and reporting mechanisms of schools, hospitals and relevant public institutions with regards to processing stateless cases. Facilitate a 10-year valid residency for difficult cases where proof of eligibility faces major obstacles. 11