UPDATE ON

STATELESSNESS

no nationality = no rights

legally invisible

Statistics1 million

Population at risk: Several million

Profile

more in situ than migrants

60 % Children

Invisible

Law & policies

Administratives practices

AbidjanDeclaration

Eradication

ECOWAS engaged

15 States engaged

In Progress

Operation

Gvt focal points

3 Action plans

Identification

3 ongoing studies

Reduction

45 000 people

Prevention

11 States – 54 Conv

12 States – 61 Conv

7 on-going Law reform

States Party to • 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons• 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

The West African Model