Knowledge Webinar 2: Solutions to End Childhood Statelessness
13 November 2025 13:30-15:00 CEST
Knowledge Webinar 2: Solutions to End Childhood Statelessness
Date: 13 November 2025, 13h30 – 15h00 CET / 7h30 – 9h00 NYT / 18h30 – 20h00 BKK / NBO
Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fd1e5b85-195e-4f15-af0c-b152329ac44c@e5c37981-6664-4134-8a0c-6543d2af80be
Target audience: open to all
Simultaneous interpretation available: Arabic, English and French
Background
The Global Alliance to End Statelessness, launched in October 2024, brings together over 150 members committed to ending statelessness through collective action and knowledge sharing. The Alliance plays a key role in supporting the implementation of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness 2.0, including by promoting promising practices and encouraging joint action. As part of its capacity-building and awareness-raising efforts, in September 2025, the Alliance launched a Knowledge Webinar Series to highlight concrete actions, lessons learned, and collaborative solutions from across the globe.
Knowledge webinar 2: Solutions to End Childhood Statelessness
The Global Alliance Thematic Working Group on Ending Childhood Statelessness is pleased to invite you to its inaugural global webinar which will showcase both high level and on the ground practices. Governments have a legal and moral duty to ensure children acquire a nationality at birth or as early as possible in life according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other international standards.
Solutions will include those that ensure no child is born stateless such as the Foundling Act 2022 in the Philippines and those highlighted in the 2025 OSCE-UNHCR publication on Prevention of Childhood Statelessness. On the ground solutions include those addressing statelessness among Roma children in Montenegro and child friendly tools to promote the New African Union Protocol on the Right to a Nationality and the eradication of Statelessness in Africa and its benefits for children. Other solutions that ensure that every child has a nationality and address existing situations of childhood statelessness will also be explored.
Speakers:
- Kirsten Di Martino, Senior Child Protection Advisor, UNICEF (moderator)
- Melvin Suarez, State Counsel – Department of Justice, Philippines; Chair of the Global Alliance Advisory Committee
- Christophe Kamp, Ambassador – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
- Tahera Hasan, Director – Imkaan Welfare Organization, Pakistan and Statelessness and Dignified Citizenship Coalition – Asia Pacific (tbc)
- Elvis Beriša, CEO & Founder – Phiren Amenca, Montenegro
- Thandeka Chauke, Coordinator – Southern African Nationality Network, South Africa
Past webinars/meetings
1st Global Alliance Townhall Meeting (Session 1)
24 February 2025
The 1st Global Alliance Townhall Meeting was held online on 24 and 25 February 2025.
This Townhall introduced the Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) and their co-chairs, providing an opportunity to discuss initial plans and upcoming inaugural meetings.
Members wishing to join one or several TWGs can enroll through an online form at the bottom of each TWG subpages.
1st Global Alliance Townhall Meeting (Session 2)
25 February 2025
The 1st Global Alliance Townhall Meeting was held online on 24 and 25 February 2025.
This Townhall introduced the Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) and their co-chairs, providing an opportunity to discuss initial plans and upcoming inaugural meetings.
Inaugural meeting of the “Protecting the Rights of Stateless Persons” Thematic Working Group
26 March 2025
The inaugural meeting of the “Protecting the Rights of Stateless Persons” Thematic Working Group (TWG) was held on Wednesday, 26 March, from 10:00 to 11:30 CET.
This open-house session introduced the theme and work modalities of the TWG.
Inaugural meeting of the “Addressing Discrimination in Nationality Laws & Policies” Thematic Working Group
2 April 2025
The inaugural meeting of the “Addressing Discrimination in Nationality Laws & Policies” Thematic Working Group (TWG) was held on Wednesday, 2 April, from 14:00 to 15:30 CET.
This open house session introduced the theme and work modalities of the TWG.
The inaugural meeting of the “Ending Childhood Statelessness” Thematic Working Group (TWG) was held on Thursday, 3 April, at 14:00-15:30 CET.
This open house session introduced the theme and work modalities of the TWG.
2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum Side Event: “Mobilizing for Gender-Equal Nationality Laws”
16 April 2025 19:15-20:45 CEST
Inter-Regional Network Lab: Leveraging Regional Approaches and the Role of Inter-governmental Organizations in addressing statelessness
20 May 2025 15:00-18:00 CEST
The first Global Alliance Inter-Regional Network Lab, “Regional Action, Global Impact: Leveraging Regional Approaches and the Role of Inter-Governmental Organizations in Addressing Statelessness,” was held online on 20 May 2025. Co-organized by UNHCR, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Council of Europe (CoE), and CLARCIEV, the half-day event provided a platform for exchange, peer learning, and cross-regional collaboration, spotlighting the critical role of IGOs in fostering inclusive, coordinated, and regionally grounded action to address statelessness.
Knowledge Webinar Series – Webinar 1: Resolving statelessness together
10 September 2025 10:00-11:30 CEST
The Global Alliance to End Statelessness launches its Knowledge Webinar Series with Resolving Statelessness Together, showcasing government action, civil society leadership, and community solutions from Thailand, Kenya, and beyond.
2nd Global Alliance Townhall Meeting
23 September 2025 14:00-15:30 CEST
The 2nd Global Alliance Townhall Meeting was held on 23 September 2025. This online event, held via Teams, offered a key opportunity for Global Alliance members to engage, learn about the Online Marketplace, present significant developments, and receive updates on the Thematic Working Groups and the Inter-regional Network Lab for regional intergovernmental organizations.
Third quarterly meeting of the “Protecting the Rights of Stateless Persons” Thematic Working Group (TWG)
2 October 2025 10:00-11:30 CEST