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The Americas, lessons learned from two convergent processes

A decade after the launch of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign and Brazil’s 2014 Plan of Action, the Americas have undergone some transformative developments…
/ Francisco Quintana, Founder of the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness, Advocate, and Human Rights Expert on Latin America and the Caribbean
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The Transformative Power of Advocacy

The full impact of statelessness on my life didn't hit me until 2014, when I was trying to travel back to my country to be with my family after my…
/ Ekaterina E, Founding member of United Stateless
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Seizing new opportunities to address statelessness in the Dominican Republic

Following a decade of restrictive measures on migration and nationality matters, in late 2013 the Constitutional Tribunal in Santo Domingo issued a…
/ Bridget Wooding - Director, Observatory Caribbean Migrants, Dominican Republic
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I am not alone: the United Stateless of America

For the past twenty years — my entire life — my parents and I have struggled to prove my nationality. It felt to me as if they had trouble proving…
/ Daiana Lilo, United Stateless Member
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Clash of Constitutional Courts on addressing statelessness: Dominican Republic and Colombia

Dominican Republic and Colombia have taken very different approaches to the recognition of the right to a nationality for children born on their…
/ Paola Pelletier, LLM. Dominican Law Professor of International Private Law and Human Rights at PUCMM University, and Member of Reconocido Movement (Statelessness Movement)
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Born at the age of 70

As a young teenager in the 1950s, Eloisa was abandoned in Costa Rica. She found herself in a Central American country that she'd never been to…
/ Maria Julia Cerdas, former member of the stateless division for Costa Rica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Churches’ response to statelessness: challenging the policies and rhetoric creating statelessness

Religious institutions and their extended networks offer valuable avenues to address statelessness. These deep-rooted communities provide care for…
/ Rev. Dr. Nathan Hosler, Director of the Office of Peacebuilding and Policy and a pastor at the Church of the Brethren
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Colombia acts to ensure children born to Venezuelan parents are not left stateless - but there’s still room for improvement

Venezuela is currently going through a political, economic, social, institutional, and human rights crisis — causing millions of people to leave.…
/ Jessica Ramirez Moreno (Red ANA- CEJIL) & Christina Saad (Intern at CEJIL)
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The Quito Process and the urgency to address the right to a nationality and statelessness in the Americas

The unprecedented number of migrants and refugees leaving Venezuela and moving throughout the American continent has put receiving countries’ legal…
/ Jessica Ramirez, Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness (Red ANA)
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Lessons learned from the Americas: political will and coordinated action to eradicate statelessness

Since the launch of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign in 2014, it has been suggested that the Americas could be the first “statelessness free” region. This…
/ Francisco Quintana, co-founder Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness
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A Chilean rendez-vous in the race against statelessness

Two years ago, the UNHCR kicked off the race to end statelessness with the #IBelong campaign. In response to the UNHCR’s calling, the Americas…
/ Ivonne Garza, Fellow at the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness
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The double plight of stateless migrants

Although the greatest numbers of stateless persons are not necessarily within the migrant population, particularly in Europe, with 244 million…
/ Alice Sironi, Migration Law Specialist with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)