Key international developments and UNHCR’s Global Campaign Inge Sturkenboom, UNHCR Dublin 21 October 2014

Two old conventions 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness Relevance today?

Closer to home?

Developments 2011 ministerial meeting: 22 pledges by European countries

Developments: accessions As of today: 83 State Parties to the 1954 Convention (Ukraine, Portugal, Moldova, Bulgaria, Georgia since Dec 2011) 61 State Parties to the 1961 Convention (Lithuania, Ukraine, Portugal, Moldova, Montenegro, Belgium, Georgia)

Developments: prevention and reduction Nationality legislation reform Latvia, Russian Federation, Georgia, Belgium … Civil registration and documentation Southeast Europe

An example Video testimony

Developments: identification and protection Statelessness determination procedures (SDP) - France, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Georgia, UK.. - To come: NL, Belgium, Armenia, Kosovo, Turkey.. How do we support? -Legislation Kosovo, Armenia, Moldova, UK etc -Work visits Central Europe, Armenia, Japan etc -Tools UNHCR Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons; UNHCR advocacy brochure; ENS Guide on SDPs -Awareness raising and training Armenia, NL, Poland, Slovakia etc

Some figures* France: (> refugees) Italy: 350 (> refugees) Switzerland: 79 (> refugees) Hungary: 113 (> refugees) * 2014 UNHCR Global Trends Report

UNHCR Global Campaign to End Statelessness in ten years Multimedia tools, Special Report on Statelessness Global Action Plan with 10 action points; call for National Action Plans Launch 4 November 2014

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