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Everyone has a right to a Nationality

wilai2018new — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 08:04:55 +0000

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?

wilai2018new — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 06:24:25 +0000

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. In the world today there are over 10 million stateless people – legally they don’t exist. It’s time to do something for them.

We are ready to make our voices heard. We believe that if we take a stand, others will join us. And if enough of us stand up we will end this inhumanity. That is why UNHCR has launched the Campaign to End Statelessness in 10 years.

Sixty years ago, the world agreed to protect stateless people.
Now it’s time to end statelessness itself. We need ten million signatures to change ten million lives.
Please join us: ibelong.unhcr.org/en/join/index.do

The Problem of Childhood Statelessness

wilai2018new — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 06:20:10 +0000

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 of the Coalition

The Coalition aims to develop, expand and strengthen international co-operation to raise awareness about and combat the hidden problem of childhood statelessness. It also aims to promote the right of every child to acquire a nationality. The Coalition seeks to engage in activities that will help to:

Ensure that no child is born stateless
Eliminate laws and practices that deny children nationality on discriminatory grounds
Remove gender discrimination from nationality laws
Improve birth registration to prevent statelessness
Encourage States to accede to the UN Statelessness Conventions

http://www.unhcr.org/ibelong/unicef-unhcr-coalition-child-right-nationality/

The Age of Belonging – In A World Where Slavery Still Exists

wilai2018new — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 06:11:13 +0000

A look into human trafficking is a look into our political institutions and how we as citizens, but most importantly as human beings, respond to it.

#IBELONG – End Statelessness Now

wilai2018new — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 06:08:59 +0000

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

Published on Nov 6, 2014

Imagine being born invisible. You are alive. But can’t prove you exist.