Focus on Statelessness

As reported on Refworld's Statelessness feature page, Paraguay is the most recent accession to the 1961 Statelessness Convention.  This updated map of "States Parties to the Statelessness Conventions" (as of 25 June 2012) provides the most current status of signatories.

In addition, UNHCR has prepared two compilations, one for state pledges made at the Ministerial Meeting in December last year, and the other for the summary conclusions of UNHCR expert meetings (three of which focused on statelessness issues).

Additional items:

Guidelines to Protect Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention (Equal Rights Trust) [info]
- To be launched on 18 July 2012.

Important Judgment on Statelessness (ECHR Blog, June 2012) [text]
- Comment on Kuric v. Slovenia.

No Nationality, No Rights? Strategies and Tools for the Protection of Stateless Persons, Geneva, 4 July 2012 [text]
- Background paper for UNHCR's Annual Consultations with NGOs.

"People Who Don't Exist," Le Monde Diplomatique (June 2012) [text]

Statelessness in 2012: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? (Statelessness Programme Blog, June 2012) [text]

Statelessness in the Tower of Babel: How Do You Say Stateless in your Language? (European Network on Statelessness Blog, June 2012) [text]

Victory for Slovenia's "Erased Citizens" at the European Court of Human Rights (European Network on Statelessness Blog, June 2012) [text]

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