Stories
“I will now be able to go to school!”
A UNHCR program in Benin has given over 1000 birth certificates to children providing the opportunity to go to school and access basic social services for the first time.
Italy joins top league of countries reducing statelessness
Italy accedes to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Birth certificates to prevent statelessness
When baby Idrees’ house was destroyed in Syria, his family lost everything except for what was kept inside his grandmother’s purse.
“I feel like I am not a human being. I feel empty.”
For some, being stateless leaves them open to abuse.
“Try to understand our lives. We are also human beings.”
Kavita, 22, is from Malaysia and wants to be an art teacher. She has been offered jobs at schools but cannot take them because she is stateless.
“The one thing I need to achieve my dream is citizenship”
“The one thing I need to achieve my dream is citizenship.”
Preventing statelessness in South Sudan
“I almost lost my house and my land because I could not prove my identity and my citizenship.”
UNHCR High Commissioner António Guterres urges a united response to end statelessness
High Commissioner António Guterres once again urges the world to unite to end statelessness.
Costa Rica says #IBelong
President of Costa Rica and his cabinet sign the #IBelong Campaign Open Letter to End Statelessness.
What songs make you say #IBelong?
What songs make you say #IBelong? Our supporters Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton are releasing a radio show with a playlist of songs for the Campaign to End Statelessness.
Belize helps everyone have the right to say #IBelong
Belize makes a landmark decision to join the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
How small Moldova ran one of Europe´s largest campaigns to prevent and address statelessness
Maria Gandrabura, 74, was desperate. Suddenly she could not withdraw her meager pension of 1000 Moldovan Lei (50 USD).