Regional Conference on Access to Civil Documentation and Prevention of Statelessness in South-Eastern Europe

The purpose of the conference was to provide a platform for participants from national authorities, civil society, and international organizations to engage in practical and informative discussions, sharing best practices in preventing and addressing statelessness in the South-Eastern Europe region. The participating states pledged to exert all necessary efforts, both independently and collectively, to promptly resolve all known cases of statelessness within their territories.  

“Reaffirming the goals of the #IBelong Campaign, the participating States of the OSCE-UNHCR Regional Conference on Access to Civil Documentation and Prevention of Statelessness in South-Eastern Europe in Skopje, North Macedonia, commit to make all necessary efforts, independently and collectively, to resolve, without delay, all known cases of statelessness within their territories, including by granting citizenship to or confirming the citizenship of existing in situ stateless populations when relevant legaly required conditions, as set out by the Statelessness Conventions, are met, and undertake the law reforms, that may be needed, to ensure that no child is born stateless”. Furthermore, they agreed to jointly submit a commitment at the upcoming Global Refugee Forum, aiming to eliminate statelessness in their respective countries.