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).
6 February 2026
Call for Applications: UNHCR Global Advisory Board of Organizations Led by Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a Call for Expression of Interest for its Global Advisory Board of Organizations Led by Forcibly Displaced and Stateless (2026–2028). We strongly encourage stateless-led organizations within the Global Alliance network and beyond to apply by 8 February and bring their expertise and lived experience to this important global platform.
Read more8 January 2026
Realizing the Right to Education for Stateless Persons
On 18 December 2025, Radha Govil, Deputy Director of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness and Co-lead of the Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Protecting the Rights of Stateless Persons, moderated the fifth and final Global Alliance webinar of the year: “Unlocking Futures: Realizing the Right to Education for Stateless Persons.”
Read more23 December 2025
Statelessness in the Spotlight: Key GRF Progress Review Highlights
From 15 to 17 December 2025, Geneva hosted the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review – an important global convening which sought to maintain momentum and assess progress against the implementation of the pledges made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) towards the advancement of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR). Governments, regional organizations, UN partners, civil society, and people with lived experience came together to spotlight, inter alia, progress and address gaps in nationality law reform, birth registration, legal identity, and documentation – key to preventing and reducing statelessness. The Global Alliance to End Statelessness featured prominently, showcasing growing membership and collective action. In this article, we explore the highlights and commitments shaping the path toward ending statelessness.
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