11 December 2023

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Global Refugee Forum Linked Event: Multi-Stakeholder Approaches Towards Ending Statelessness, 12 December 2023, Online, 12 December 2023 [info]

Call for registration: 2024 World Conference on Statelessness, Kuala Lumpur, 26-29 February 2024 [info]
- Note: Tickets are going quickly!

News: Marking the 9th anniversary of the decade-long #IBelong campaign 
- UNHCR issued various press releases and news stories including:

1) UNHCR reports progress on tackling statelessness (4 Nov. 2023) [text]
2) UNHCR reports steady progress on tackling statelessness [focuses on Africa] (4 Nov. 2023) [text]
3) Central Asian Network on Statelessness prepares for GRF 2023 (13 Nov. 2023) [text]
4) On the 9th anniversary of the #IBelong campaign, the Americas advances towards preventing and reducing statelessness (20 Nov. 2023) [text]
5) UNHCR calls for improved access to birth registration to confirm legal identity and prevent statelessness in Ukraine (1 Dec. 2023) [text]

Short pieces:

Can EU help Belarusians who face the choice between statelessness and prison? (openDemocracy, Oct. 2023) [text]

Colombia: IACHR Commends New Nationality Law (OAS, Nov. 2023) [text]

Home at last: How Niger is working towards the eradication of the risk of statelessness (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

‘I have no rights’: what happens to stateless people in Australia after the High Court’s ruling? (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]

Our Hands Extended: International Calls to End Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws (ENS Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Reconstructing statelessness (UNHCR Innovation Service, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on Italy.

Stateless in Germany 'denied the right to have rights' (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2023) [text]

The stateless paradox: Island Nations Caught in the 'Lost States' Narrative (Völkerrechtsblog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Stocktake of Critical Statelessness Studies to date (2020-2023): Renewing the Call for Innovative Contributions to the Field (CSS Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Surrogacy Arrangements: Can Article 8 of the ECHR Combat Child Statelessness? (ENS Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

"Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem," CMS Migration Update, 23 Oct. 2023 [text]

UNHCR and Viet Nam convene discussions to prevent, end statelessness in the region (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

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