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Number of results found: 67

Voluntary Pledges

Ethiopia

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness The Government of Ethiopia commits to simplify and improve access to birth registration procedures, including late birth registration to ensure universal birth registration to refugee children in our territory.

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

The Government of Ethiopia commits to simplify and improve access to birth registration procedures, including late birth registration to ensure universal birth registration to refugee children in our territory.

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Gambia

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness By the year 2022, the Gambia commits to introduce a safeguard in its nationality law to grant nationality to children born on the territory including foundlings who would otherwise be stateless. Consider legal reform regarding the nationality and...

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

By the year 2022, the Gambia commits to introduce a safeguard in its nationality law to grant nationality to children born on the territory including foundlings who would otherwise be stateless.

Consider legal reform regarding the nationality and citizenship provisions in the 1997 Constitution to facilitate naturalisation of refugees and stateless persons by 2020.

To include late birth registration into all health facilities, including outreach to Reproductive and Child Health Services across the country, by the end of 2020.

By the end of 2021, the Gambia commits to undertake and publish a qualitative study to better understand the situation of statelessness groups and individuals living in its territory with a view to finding a solution to their situation.

Remedy/Reparation Access to nationality/Naturalization Born on territory Foundlings/Unaccompanied children Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Voluntary Pledges

Ghana

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness The Government of Ghana hereby commits to accede to the two Statelessness Conventions by the end of 2021. The Government of Ghana hereby commits: To support efforts of UNHCR and UNFPA in identifying groups at risk of Statelessness in Ghana.

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

The Government of Ghana hereby commits to accede to the two Statelessness Conventions by the end of 2021.

The Government of Ghana hereby commits: To support efforts of UNHCR and UNFPA in identifying groups at risk of Statelessness in Ghana.

International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting
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Voluntary Pledges

Guinea

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness The Government of the Republic of Guinea hereby commits to develop subsidiary legal acts to implement provisions of the Civil Code, in particular for securing nationality certificates. [Year of Completion 2022] The Government of the Republic of...

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

The Government of the Republic of Guinea hereby commits to develop subsidiary legal acts to implement provisions of the Civil Code, in particular for securing nationality certificates. [Year of Completion 2022]

The Government of the Republic of Guinea hereby commits to monitor the implementation of the National Strategy for the Reform and Modernization of Civil Registry in Guinea 2018-2022. [Y.o.C. 2022]

The Government of the Republic of Guinea hereby commits to the adoption by 2021 of a law on the status of stateless persons and the statelessness determination procedure. [Y.o.C. 2021]

Identification and determination procedures Nationality/Identity documentation Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Voluntary Pledges

Guinea-Bissau

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness The Government of Guinea-Bissau hereby commits to domesticate the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons through the adoption of laws to protect stateless persons and the establishment of a national statelessness commission. ...

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

The Government of Guinea-Bissau hereby commits to domesticate the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons through the adoption of laws to protect stateless persons and the establishment of a national statelessness commission. [Year of Completion 2022]

The Government of Guinea-Bissau hereby commits to expand the presence of mobile birth registration units to the north of the country, and to start registering children’s births in the main health centers in the north of the country before the end of the #IBelong Campaign. [Y.o.C. 2022]

The Government of Guinea-Bissau hereby commits to finalize the issuance and distribution of the following documents: identification cards for refugees that are 8-years-old or above; birth certificates for refugees under 8 years of age; and certificates of nationality for all 7000 naturalized refugees through a simplified process with reduced costs. [Y.o.C. 2021]

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Nationality/Identity documentation Birth registration International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Voluntary Pledges

Kenya

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness The Government of Kenya hereby commits: By 2020, recognize and register Kenyan citizens members of the Shona community, who qualify for citizenship under the law. The Government of Kenya hereby commits: By 2023, complete legal reforms to address...

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

The Government of Kenya hereby commits: By 2020, recognize and register Kenyan citizens members of the Shona community, who qualify for citizenship under the law.

The Government of Kenya hereby commits: By 2023, complete legal reforms to address and remedy statelessness in Kenya permanently.

The Government of Kenya hereby commits: Continue to provide protection to stateless persons and those at risk of statelessness to ensure that they enjoy their basic human rights. [Year of Completion -]

The Government of Kenya hereby commits: By 2020, enact a new Births and Deaths Registration Act that provides safeguards to prevent statelessness.

The Government of Kenya hereby commits: By 2021, accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

The Government of Kenya hereby commits: By 2019, re-establish taskforce on statelessness.

The Government of Kenya hereby commits: In 2019, validate the draft National Action Plan to eradicate Statelessness followed by its implementation.

 

Protection/Enjoyment of rights Remedy/Reparation International Instruments Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Voluntary Pledges

Lesotho

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness The Government of Kingdom of Lesotho hereby commits to adopt by 2020 the bill on nationality that grants nationality to children of unknown origin found on its territory, and provides for a safeguard to grant nationality to children born on its...

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

The Government of Kingdom of Lesotho hereby commits to adopt by 2020 the bill on nationality that grants nationality to children of unknown origin found on its territory, and provides for a safeguard to grant nationality to children born on its territory who would otherwise be stateless.

The Government of the Kingdom Lesotho hereby commits to undertake by 2020 a study publishing a qualitative study to better understand the situation of groups and individuals, who are stateless or at the risk of being stateless, staying in her territory.

Born on territory Foundlings/Unaccompanied children Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Voluntary Pledges

Liberia

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness The Government of Liberia hereby commits to work with key parliamentary members for the passage of the amended Aliens and Nationality Law to address issues of gender discrimination in Liberia. The current Aliens and Nationality Law of Liberia (ANL)...

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

The Government of Liberia hereby commits to work with key parliamentary members for the passage of the amended Aliens and Nationality Law to address issues of gender discrimination in Liberia. The current Aliens and Nationality Law of Liberia (ANL) discriminates against Liberian women who have children with foreign nationals from passing on their nationality automatically to their children like their male counterparts. This section 20 of the ANL has to be aligned with the Liberian Constitution (Article 28); to review the Aliens and Nationality Law to ensure protection against denial of nationality on discriminatory grounds, such as disability or medical reasons. [Year of Completion 2020]

The Government of Liberia hereby commits to work with the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and UNFPA on inclusion of questions of statelessness in the 2020 census questionnaire. [Y.o.C. 2019]

Adoption of the National Action Plan: The Government of Liberia is a signatory to the two Statelessness Conventions but has not domesticated the Conventions. In 2015, the LRRRC and UNHCR jointly organised key stakeholders (including Government and civil society & NGO and UN actors) to draft a National Action Plan which is pending endorsement by the Cabinet to form the basis for government and UNHCR’s intervention on statelessness issues. [Y.o.C. 2021]

Gender Disability International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Malawi

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness The Government of the Republic of Malawi hereby commits: To accede to the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and also on the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration following a completion of a consultation exercise with relevant...

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

The Government of the Republic of Malawi hereby commits: To accede to the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and also on the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration following a completion of a consultation exercise with relevant stakeholders. [Year of Completion -]

The Government of the Republic of Malawi hereby commits: To undertake and publish a qualitative study by June 2020 to better understand the situation of groups and individuals staying on its territory, who are stateless or at risk of statelessness, with a view to finding a solution to their situation. [Y.o.C. 2020]

The Government of the Republic of Malawi hereby commits: Establish a procedure to determine the status of stateless migrants in line with the 1954 convention. [Y.o.C. 2022]

The Government of the Republic of Malawi hereby commits: Commits to review Nationality/Citizenship Law, and, within this process to consider the introduction of a provision to grant nationality to children of unknown origin found in their territory who would otherwise be stateless, and will put a safeguard in the law to grant nationality to children born on the territory who would otherwise be stateless. [Y.o.C. 2022]

 

 

Identification and determination procedures Born on territory Foundlings/Unaccompanied children International Instruments Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Voluntary Pledges

Mali

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness The Government of Mali hereby commits to enable late birth registration for children. (Linked to Action 7 of the of the Global Plan of Action). [Year of Completion 2024] The Government of Mali hereby commits to carry out legal reforms to ensure...

UNHCR High-Level Segment on Statelessness

The Government of Mali hereby commits to enable late birth registration for children. (Linked to Action 7 of the of the Global Plan of Action). [Year of Completion 2024]

The Government of Mali hereby commits to carry out legal reforms to ensure that no child is born stateless in Mali, in accordance with Action [2] of the Global Action Plan. This commitment includes the drafting and publication of a decree implementing the 2011 Nationality Code, as well as the amendment of the relevant provisions of the Law No. 11-080/AN-RM of 2 December 2011 (Title V on Nationality). [Y.o.C. 2024]

The Government of Mali hereby commits to establish a determination statelessness procedure in accordance with relevant international standards and in line with action [6] of the Global Action Plans. This commitment includes the setting up of Statelessness Determination Procedures. [Y.o.C. 2021]

The Government of Mali hereby commits to improving quantitative and qualitative data on stateless populations in Mali. This commitment involves the inclusion of questions to provide clarifications about the risk of statelessness in the next general population census scheduled for 2020 and in subsequent similar exercises. This commitment includes the finalization and publication of the results of the qualitative study on statelessness in Mali, validated in May 2019. [Y.o.C. 2024]

 

Identification and determination procedures Born on territory Birth registration Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting Legislative/Judicial/Administrative action
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Statelessness