Join the Advocacy: Endorse Letters Urging Stronger State Action on Statelessness
The Global Alliance Protection Thematic Working Group (TWG), co-led by UNHCR and the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, is supporting advocacy and awareness raising efforts to protect the rights of stateless persons. To achieve this, we are inviting Global Alliance members to endorse two letters: one addressed to States that have not yet acceded to the 1954 Convention, and another to States that are party to the Convention but have not yet established a Statelessness Determination Procedure.
Endorsing these letters allows Alliance members to collectively encourage States to take stronger action to identify stateless persons, prevent and reduce statelessness, and protect the rights of stateless people. The full texts of both letters are provided below. Members who wish to endorse them are invited to contact us on [email protected] and [email protected] by 10 December (COB).
7 May 2026
Thinking of a Gift for Mother’s Day? Support Equal Nationality Rights for Mothers
This Mother’s Day, countries across Africa will celebrate mothers and the importance of family life. Yet as we honor motherhood and the important role of families, seven countries in Africa continue to be among the 24 globally with nationality laws that deny women the right to confer nationality on their children on an equal basis with men. Additionally, nationality laws in approximately 40% of African countries do not provide women with the same rights as men to confer nationality on a noncitizen spouse.
Read more23 March 2026
Strengthening statelessness data: International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS)
Reliable data on statelessness remains a major gap. In many contexts, stateless populations remain invisible in official statistics. The International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS), represent an important step forward. Find out more by reading this article
Read more11 March 2026
Human Rights Council side event highlights solutions to childhood statelessness
On 2 March 2026, the Global Alliance to End Statelessness and partners convened a side event during the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council titled “Every Child’s Right to a Nationality and Identity: Preventing Childhood Statelessness.” The event brought together governments, UN agencies, regional organizations, civil society and stateless-led groups to exchange experiences and highlight practical solutions to ensure that no child is born without a nationality.
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