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UNHCR: World must turn COP26 words into action for forcibly displaced and stateless people
This is a summary of what was said by Andrew Harper, Special Advisor on Climate Action to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
UNHCR urges governments to accelerate progress and resolve plight of world’s stateless
More action is needed to resolve the plight of millions around the world who are still without citizenship, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urged today as it marked seven years since the launch of its #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness.
UNHCR and Council of Europe discuss statelessness, urge States to uphold the right to a nationality in Europe
Strasbourg, France – Strengthening efforts to end statelessness in Europe and guarantee the provision of fundamental rights to everyone was the key theme of the events organised on 23-24 September in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe’s European Committee on Legal...
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Accelerating progress to end statelessness: In case you missed the thematic stocktaking event, you can watch the online recording.
Over 1,500 displaced children receive birth certificates in Nigeria
Nigeria scales up birth registration of children at risk of statelessness, living in camps for internally displaced people.
Interview with Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner – Protection
As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, we asked UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs, why the 1961 Convention is still relevant today.