Policy Work –
Equal rights for
stateless people
Statelessness is a human rights issue affecting up to 15 million people world wide. The issue is solvable – through political change and transformation.
Why politics?
Advocacy means to publicly support and defend a certain cause. In our case: statelessness. This is exactly what we aim to do: We want to stand up and fight for the rights and fair treatment of stateless people. Stateless people often have no place to turn to, as no institution, no body of government represents them or promotes and protects their rights.
Politics decide who has access to certain rights and who doesn’t. Therefore, we have decided to broaden our areas of work – and in a sense our horizons as a new organisation – and start doing policy work and what is referred to as political “advocacy”.
Equal rights for stateless people
In a world governed and organised by nation states, living without a nationality equates to a life without access to the most basic human rights: stateless people are often lacking the right to work, to travel, to get married or to vote.
Limited access to
basic human rights
Lack of clear processes and legal frameworks
Lack of representation
and inclusion of
stateless people
The challenge
The solution
Raise awareness of politicians and
decisionmakers
Development of reform recommendations and administrative processes
Involvement of
stateless people in advocacy work
Limited access to
basic human rights
Lack of clear processes and legal frameworks
Lack of representation
and inclusion of
stateless people
The challenge
The solution
Raise awareness of politicians and
decisionmakers
Development of reform
recommendations and
administrative processes
Involvement of
stateless people in advocacy work
We demand the right
to have rights for stateless people
We demand the right of stateless people
to the recognition of their statelessness
Germany establishes a dedicated statelessness determination protocol – a transparent process for the determination of a person’s statelessness is implemented on a federal scale.
We demand the right of stateless people
to identity documents and social security
Germany affirms the legal status of stateless persons in accordance with international conventions – Germany commits to realising article 23 and article 27 of the international convention relating to the status of stateless persons.
We demand the right of stateless children
to a nationality
Germany protects children from statelessness – Germany realises article 2 of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961) in tandem with article 7 and 8 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
We demand the right of stateless people
to access to citizenship
Germany creates appropriate access to naturalisation – naturalisation requirements for stateless individuals must be changed so that they are appropriate to their particular situation and vulnerability.
Interview
Christiana
Statefree’s journey began with a single thought. It was important to us to create a space where affected people could support each other, exchange experiences and share their knowledge.
But in order to create true empowerment, stateless people need access to their rights. With the right support from JoinPolitics and a wonderful team, we started our advocacy journey at the beginning of 2022.
What our work can achieve
With our work we can achieve
equality and inclusion of stateless people
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