GOAL 1: Compliance with relevant legal, policy and institutional frameworks for eradicating statelessness Outcome 1: States are parties to the UN conventions on Statelessness by 2023 Outcome 2 : Constitutional and legislative frameworks are aligned, and consistent with international standards […]
Held in Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda Extract: 22. Acknowledged that many cases of protracted refugees, as defined by UNHCR, may never be able to return to their countries of origin or be resettled. Further noted that many refugees were born in […]
Recalling the common purpose and objectives of the Abuja Action Statement of 8 June 2016, the Governments of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, with the participation of a broad range of partners engaged in the response to forced displacement, convened […]
We are the participants in the ministerial conference on “belonging and Legal Identity”, which was held on February 28, 2018, under the patronage of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Béji Caid Sibsi, in the presence of […]
Documents adopted by a meeting of representatives of ECOWAS member states, 17-20 October, 2017, Saly, Senegal Terms of Reference for the Government Focal Points; ENG-ToRs FR_ToRs POR-ToRs Guidelines to Draft, Adopt and Monitor the Implementation of the National Action Plans […]
[originally adopted 2017; extended and expanded in 2019 & 2020] Globally, millions of people including many in the Great Lakes Region are stateless or at risk of statelessness. They cannot enjoy the full range of human rights. Among the causes […]
The first Arab Conference on Good Practices and Regional Opportunities to Strengthen Women’s Nationality Rights was held in the presence of 18 Arab countries, in collaboration with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality […]
Adopted on 8 June 2016 by the Governments of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger at the Regional Protection Dialogue on the crisis in the Lake Chad Basin, hosted by the Federal Government of Nigeria with the technical support of UNHCR. […]
Reaffirms commitments of ICGLR Member States to end statelessness, in support of the UNHCR #IBelong campaign. Download Declaration: here. The declaration was endorsed by the ICGLR summit of heads of state in October 2017.
SADCPF40-Res 001/16 Resolution adopted at the SADC Parliamentary Forum 40th Plenary Assembly Session 03 to 15 November 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe The resolution: Calls upon National Parliaments and Governments in the SADC Region to: i) Resolve any existing situations of statelessness […]
Technical Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa Addressing Mixed Migration in Southern Africa: Linking Protection, Immigration, Border Management and Labour Migration Gaborone, Botswana: 16 – 18 August 2016 Conclusions and Recommendations […] Statelessness 2.1 Continue to advocate for the adoption and […]
We, the Governments of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, with the support of technical and financial partners gathered in Abuja, Nigeria, on 6 to 8 June 2016 within the framework of the Regional Protection Dialogue on the Lake Chad Basin, […]