I believe everyone has the right to say #IBelong. Filippo Grandi became the 11th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on 1 January 2016. He was elected by the UN General Assembly to serve a five-year term, until 31 December 2020. Before being elected High...
“Nationality gives every man, woman and child an equal chance in life.” Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women’s peace movement that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. She, along with...
“Ending statelessness would right these terrible wrongs.” Named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 2001, world renowned actress and film director Angelina Jolie has carried out over 50 field missions to some of the most remote regions of the world to highlight...
“There are at least 10 million people in the world who don’t belong to any country, and I am honored to help eradicate this man made problem.” eShun is a popular and well-loved young musician from Ghana, who performs a unique blend of Highlife and AfroPop,...
“The stateless persons are invisible patriots in a land that saw them born. Stateless people, citizens nowhere. Let’s fight for their rights.” Ibrahim Ahmed (AKA Pino), first started composing his own rhymes, and performing as an MC, with a group of...
“My life is here, change your laws to allow me to exist and blossom.” Pam Luster is a popular musician from Burkina-Faso, who has taken an active, and valuable, role in civic affairs in her home country. Although taking her first steps as a musician in a...
