Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues at its eleventh session on the theme “Statelessness: a minority issue”
Absztrakt :
The recommendations in the present report draw primarily
from the discussions and contributions made by participants at the
eleventh session of the Forum on Minority Issues, held on 29 and
30 November 2018 on the theme “Stateless: a minority issue” and
conducted under four thematic panel discussions on (a) root
causes and consequences of statelessness affecting minorities:
preventing statelessness through a human rights approach;
(b) statelessness resulting from conflicts, forced population
movements and migration affecting minorities: main challenges
and possible solutions; (c) ensuring the right to a nationality
for persons belonging to minorities through facilitation of
birth registration, naturalization and citizenship for stateless
minorities; and (d) minority women and children affected by
statelessness: advancing gender equality in nationality laws.
The recommendations are based on international law and
standards. They aim to provide guidance to further implement
the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging toNational
or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.