“Statelessness is a profound violation of an individual’s human rights. It would be deeply unethical to perpetuate the pain it causes when solutions are so clearly within reach. This Global Action Plan sets out a strategy to put a definitive end to this human suffering within 10 years. I count on your support to help make this ambitious goal a reality.” António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Read the Action Plan
UNHCR’s strategy to achieve the ambitious goal of this campaign sets out key actions that states must take to address statelessness. These actions include: Resolving major situations of statelessness through law and policy re-forms, accompanied by citizenship campaigns; Ensuring that no child is born stateless; Preventing deprivation of nationality on the basis of discrimination; Removing gender discrimination in nationality laws; Granting protection status to stateless migrants; and Issuing nationality identification documentation to those with entitlements to it. Read the Special Report
The International Observatory on Statelessness A “stateless person” is someone who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law (article 1 of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons). Here, nationality refers to the legal bond between a person and a state. This bond can best be seen as a form of official membership which confers upon the national certain rights (like the right to live in the country or participate
European Network on Statelessness is committed to ending statelessness and ensuring that the estimated 600,000 people living in Europe without a nationality are protected under international law. https://www.statelessness.eu/
Why don’t these 10 million people belong? We are looking at a city like any other, these are the people who’ve in the city, they live work and play freely thanks to their rights. Everybody except him. He is imprisoned by an invisible barrier. His crime – being stateless. That means he is not a citizen of any state. With citizenship he could enjoy all he rights most of us take for granted. But for a stateless person that is impossible.
The Problem of Childhood Statelessness A child without any nationality can face a lifetime of discrimination. Statelessness can profoundly affect the ability of children to access education and adequate healthcare, and to fulfill their ambitions and dreams for the future. Preventing and ending childhood statelessness is the best way to stop the spread of the problem. Ensuring that no child is left stateless will lead to better enjoyment of human rights by individuals and improved development outcomes for communities and States. Objectives
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Published on Nov 6, 2014 Imagine being born invisible. You are alive. But can’t prove you exist.
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