key international developments and unhcr’s global campaign inge sturkenboom, unhcr dublin 21...
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Key international developments
and UNHCR’s Global Campaign
Inge Sturkenboom, UNHCRDublin 21 October 2014
Two old conventions
• 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
• 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
• Relevance today?
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 documentationSoutheast Europe
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: 1.247 (> 232.000 refugees)Italy: 350 (> 78.000 refugees)Switzerland: 79 (> 52.000 refugees)Hungary: 113 (> 2.000 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