Last week, in conversation with experts and community members working in different countries, we presented our annual state of play assessment of key trends on statelessness in Europe.
Watch the full recording: buff.ly/e4ZmaGa
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Stateless people are restricted from participating in the economy, accessing jobs, opening a bank account, buying a house, opening their own businesses, or entering into legally recognizable marriages or family unions.
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We know that part of the fight to end statelessness in Europe must happen through the courts.
If you are a legal practitioner, our #CaseLawDatabase could assist your work to protect stateless people and #EndStatelessness.
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Without any nationality, stateless persons do not often get to enjoy the basic rights that other citizens enjoy, among them are the socio-economic rights such as education, employment, social welfare, housing, and healthcare as well as civil and political rights.
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Imagine being born without a nationality.
Let's take a moment to listen to Nomsa Kadereka's heartfelt story and understand the reality of living without a nationality.
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WATCH: #Statelessness can last a lifetime, but it doesn't have to!
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#DidYouKnow, there is a difference between being stateless and being undocumented?
To learn more, watch this explainer video.
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WATCH our Director Chris Nash at the UNHCR GRF Progress Review – calling on States to take action to end #statelessnees and urging Filippo Grandi to prominently highlight the issue in his handover to new High Commissioner elect Barham Salih.
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This conference was a powerful step forward in the fight to end statelessness. 💪
Thanks to the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, Robert Bosch Stiftung and Porticus.
#EndStatelessness #HumanRights #BerlinConference
#DidYouKnow?
Stateless people are restricted from participating in the economy, accessing jobs, opening a bank account, buying a house, opening their own businesses, or entering into legally recognizable marriages or family unions.
#EndStatelessness
Bella | "I’ve been cleaning, ironing, cooking, watching kids.
If I had a document, I could have gone to school. My daughters could be studying instead of staying home.”
Join our webinar to hear more stories and take action: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/822bb2...
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#DidYouKnow?
Stateless people are restricted from participating in the economy, accessing jobs, opening a bank account, buying a house, opening their own businesses, or entering into legally recognizable marriages or family unions.
#EndStatelessness
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This means that any person who was born in Zimbabwe to parents with a claim to citizenship of any SADC state, including Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, or South Africa, and is residing in Zimbabwe is a Zimbabwean citizen by birth.
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Statelessness can make individuals more vulnerable to discrimination, exploitation, and human rights violations.
Listen to Vitalis Palinje's story.
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Imagine a life without a nationality.
Stateless individuals often find themselves deprived of essential rights, including access to #education, #healthcare, and #employment.
Listen to Nomsa Kadereka's heartfelt story.
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Statelessness is a human rights issue.It has an impact on the rights to education, health and employment, all of which Zimbabwe is obliged under international and regional human rights law to respect, protect and fulfil.
Listen to the story of Cecilia.
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🚨Gender inequality increases stateless rates. Statelessness can become hereditary when mothers can't pass their nationality to their children, resulting in stateless children of unmarried or divorced mothers.. Read More ⤵️
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🚨 South Sudan’s Independence: Causes, Consequences, and Ongoing Crises and the Regional Security ⤵️
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#DUSSRC #AwakeningCampaign #EndStatelessness #AccountabilityNow
📢 It's #ChildProtectionWeek! Section 28 of the SA Constitution starts with every child's right to a name and nationality, from birth - and with very good reason! Childhood #statelessness stops access to many other basic rights, like education, in its tracks. #EndStatelessness #HerDocumentHerIdentity
"He submitted the affidavit, DNA tests and his naturalisation certificate to Home Affairs, but without success." Thousands of people in South Africa continue to struggle with statelessness every day!
#EndStatelessness #RightToNationality #ChildRights
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As we wrap up the #ACERWC sessions, we are proud to share our new Statelessness Booklet! 📘
In collab with Centre for child Law & TDH, it highlights 10 ways the AU Protocol on the Right to Nationality benefits children.
📥 Read it here: l1nq.com/uAgA4
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📌 We are in Maseru, at the 45th Ordinary session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Tomorrow, we deliver our statement on why African States must ratify the new Protocol on nationality and statelessness.
#EndStatelessness #identityrights #citizenshiprights
📌 ensure equitable access to education throughout the country and take steps to reduce the drop-out rate.
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Amnesty International calls upon the government to :
📌 align the Birth and Death Registration Act and the Citizenship Act with the 2013 Constitution to enable all children to enjoy the right to education in Zimbabwe.
#EndStatelessness
🎥 Watch Primrose's story, how long she had to fight for her legal identity & all the proof she gave that was ignored. Her struggle is part of our #HerDocumentHerDignity campaign, spotlighting how #statelessness devastates the lives of women & girls. #EndStatelessness
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Reminder📌
Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes the right to a nationality, affirming that everyone has the inherent right to belong.However, stateless individuals are systematically denied this fundamental right.
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"On Friday, the Lawyers for Human Rights launched the Her Document, Her Dignity Campaign in a bid to get the government to take action to end statelessness."
#EndStatelessness #HerDocumentHerDignity #CitizenshipRights #WomenAndGirls
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Today LHR's Thandeka Chauke trained social workers & paralegals on what to do if a child has no birth certificate, or is otherwise undocumented. Thank you for collaborating with us, SA Human Rights Commission & ProBono.Org! 🙌
#EndStatelessness #FreedomInBelonging #humanrights #nationalityrights
👏 Just in: Slovenia has joined to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, reinforcing the right to a nationality and setting a strong example in the fight to #EndStatelessness.
More here: bit.ly/3DPwVo4
