Table of Contents
I.
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
II. UNHCR’s Statelessness Mandate................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
III. International legal framework.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
IV. Implementing UNHCR’s statelessness mandate............................................................................................................................ 7
A. IDENTIFICATION
“MAPPING” STATELESS POPULATIONS AND THEIR SITUATION .......................................................................................................7
B.
PREVENTION
ADDRESSING CAUSES OF STATELESSNESS..........................................................................................................................................................9
C.
REDUCTION
SEEKING SOLUTIONS FOR STATELESS POPULATIONS .........................................................................................................................12
D.
PROTECTION
ACTING TO ENSURE THAT STATELESS PERSONS ENJOY FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS ......................13
E.
V.
ADDRESSING SENSITIVITIES AND LACK OF AWARENESS .................................................................................................................17
Addressing individual cases .....................................................................................................................................................................................................17
VI. Setting priorities ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
VII. Developing partnerships ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
A. CIVIL SOCIETY .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
B.
UN SYSTEM..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
C.
OTHER INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS .............................................................................................................21
VIII. The way forward ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
Annexes ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................23
ANNEX I
STATELESS POPULATION STATISTICS FROM UNHCR GLOBAL TRENDS REPORT ...................................................23
ANNEX II:
STATES PARTIES TO THE 1954 CONVENTION RELATING TO
THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS ..........................................................................................................................................................................27
ANNEX III:
STATES PARTIES TO THE 1961 CONVENTION ON THE REDUCTION OF STATELESSNESS .............................29
ANNEX IV:
MAP OF STATES PARTIES TO THE 1954 AND 1961 CONVENTIONS ...........................................................................................31
ANNEX V:
STATES WITH AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY TO GRANT NATIONALITY
TO CHILDREN BORN IN THEIR TERRITORY WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE STATELESS .............................................33
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