Pre-Announcement.
Date: November 9, 2022
The next World Conference on Statelessness will be held in February 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organised by the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), Nationality for All (NFA) and Development of Human Resources for Rural Areas (DHRRA) Malaysia, the conference will bring together up to 300 participants with lived and learned experience of statelessness – advocates, activists, academics, artists, community and social leaders, members of the donor community, UN and government representatives – for a much-needed conversation about the right to a nationality and statelessness around the world. The conference will centre those with lived experience of statelessness. Its programme will focus on the three themes of solidarity, knowledge & change, and will be consultatively developed to respond to the interests and needs of the field.
CSO Consultation on Forming a Regional Alliance on Statelessness in the Asia Pacific.
Date: November 2 and 3, 2022
NFA organized a regional CSO Consultation on Forming a Regional Alliance inviting interested CSOs and the Advisory Group members on November 2 and 3, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. 18 CSO representatives and 7 Advisory Group members attended the event. The following participants attended the event.
Civil Society Organization (CSO) Participants
| SN | Name | Organization | Country (Travelling From) |
| 1. | Angshuman Choudhary | Right to Nationality and Citizenship Network (RNCN) | India |
| 2. | Bina Ramanand | Family Frontiers | Malaysia |
| 3. | Daniel Awigra | Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) | Indonesia |
| 4. | Deepti Gurung | Citizenship Affected People’s Network (CAPN) | Nepal |
| 5. | Jeanie Kim | Duroo – Association of Public Interest Law / Universal Birth Registration Network (South Korea) | Republic of Korea |
| 6. | Khalid Hussain | Council of Minorities | Bangladesh |
| 7. | Maalini Ramalo | DHRRA Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 8. | Marianne Carmel B. Agunoy | Ateneo Human Rights Center | The Philippines |
| 9. | Melinda Anne Sharlini | Family Frontiers | Malaysia |
| 10. | Muhammad Noor | Rohingya Project | Malaysia |
| 11. | Myo Win | Smile Myanmar | Myanmar |
| 12. | Ravi Hemadri | Development and Justice Initiative (DAJI) | India |
| 13. | Rizka Argadianti | SUAKA | Indonesia |
| 14. | Sabin Shrestha | Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD) | Nepal |
| 15. | Suyheang Kry | Women Peace Makers (WPM) | Cambodia |
| 16. | Tahera Hasan | Imkaan Welfare Organization | Pakistan |
| 17. | Yadana | Braveheart Foundation | Myanmar |
| 18. | Yu Nandar Kyaw | Smile Myanmar | Myanmar |
Advisory Group Members
| SN | Name | Organization | Country (Travelling From) |
| 1 | Aashish Yadav | Jindal Global Law School | India |
| 2 | Bongkot Napaumporn | Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness | Australia |
| 3 | Christoph Sperfeldt | Macquarie University | Australia |
| 4 | Chulhyo Kim | Jeonbuk National University | Republic of Korea |
| 5 | Grant Mitchell | Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) | The Netherlands |
| 6 | Hannah Gordon | Northern Community Legal Centre | Australia |
| 7 | Victor Karunan | Mahidol University | Thailand |
The two-day consultation event came up with the following outcomes:
- Identification of key areas of work for the Regional Alliance
- Data collection and knowledge building on statelessness through research, capacity strengthening of CSOs, awareness-raising programs, and rapid response services to stateless persons and activists, were identified as key areas for the regional alliance to work on.
- Human rights advocacy and engagement with UN agencies and government bodies were identified as areas that the regional alliance should also focus on, but they need to further be deliberated upon on how to do them strategically.
- Thematic Focus, Structure, and Activities of the Regional Alliance
It was decided that it is too early to discuss the thematic focus, structure, and activities of the Regional Alliance at this early stage. However, NFA was advised to consult with the former Board members and other active members of SNAP before preparing the concept papers on the thematic focus, structure, and activities of the Regional Alliance.
- Next Steps
- NFA will create an email group comprising all the Alliance members and will share regular updates of any statelessness-related work including information on any regional or global event on statelessness
- NFA will meet one on one to consult with the former SNAP Board members to take their suggestions on the formation of the regional alliance and ask if they would be interested to join
- After the consultation with the former SNAP Board members, NFA will organize a virtual meeting of the Advisory Group members for further suggestions on the Concept Papers
- NFA will prepare the following documents and share them with the alliance members for comments and review before the next in-person meeting of the CSOs
- An Options Paper on the Structure of the Regional Alliance based on the key areas identified
- A Concept Paper on the Thematic Focus of the Regional Alliance
- A Concept Paper on the Activities of the Regional Alliance based on the key areas identified
- CSOs and Advisory Group members will provide their inputs and comments on the documents
- NFA will organize another in-person consultation to discuss the Options Paper and the Concept Papers which will include additional sessions on Self-Care and possibly invite government representatives to share good practices in one of the sessions
- Timeline of the Next Steps
| SN | Actions | Timeline |
| 1 | Consult with former Board Members of SNAP | November – December 2022 |
| 2 | Virtual Meeting of the Advisory Group members | January 2023 |
| 3 | Preparation of Concept Papers on Structure, Thematic Focus and Activities | January – February 2023 |
| 4 | Inputs by the CSOs and Advisory Group Members on the Concept Papers | March 2023 |
| 5 | In-person CSO Consultations | April/May 2023 |
Global Alliance Taskforce Meeting.
Date: October 17 and 18, 2022
NFA’s Executive Director, Subin Mulmi attended the meeting of the Taskforce of the Global Alliance to end Statelessness. Mr. Mulmi participated in the meeting online which was organized in Sanremo, Italy by UNHCR. The meeting discussed the strategy and structure of the Global Alliance. The Global Alliance to End Statelessness in a new initiative that by 2030 seeks to accelerate solutions to statelessness through a collective multi-stakeholder approach, which centers and respects the experience of those who are stateless and formerly stateless. NFA is a member of the Taskforce of the Global Alliance. For more information, please visit this page.
https://www.unhcr.org/ibelong/the-new-global-alliance-to-end-statelessness/