14 Dec 2023
Southeast Asian roundtables advance civil registration and identity documentation to prevent statelessness
TAGS

The UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam organized the Southeast Asian Senior Officials’ Roundtable on Civil Registration, Legal Identity Documentation, and the Prevention of Statelessness. The participants discussed the connection between ending statelessness and poverty reduction, and the full implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The event was attended by government representatives of Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Civil society organizations and academics working on the issue were also at the event. 

Nationality for all (NFA)'s coverage of the event is available here.

The 'Third roundtable on legal identity and Statelessness in Cambodia' was held on 14th December 2023 in Phnom Penh. The roundtable was hosted by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Cambodia Program and Women Peace Makers. 

More News

05 April 2023

(Newsletter April 2023) A meeting of the Pacific Civil Registrars Network was held on 20-22 March…

05 April 2023

(Newsletter April 2023) A meeting of the Brisbane Accord Group (BAG) was organised on 23-24 March…

05 April 2023

(Newsletter April 2023) In 2015, Thailand was ranked as having the 4th highest rate of ill-defined…

05 April 2023

(Newsletter April 2023) A recent New York Times Magazine article highlights that tallying births…

05 April 2023

(Newsletter April 2023) Andy Kap Calo, Director of the Civil Registration & Identity…

05 April 2023

(Newsletter April 2023) Samoa has been selected to receive support to undertake a CRVS inequality…

15 December 2022

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) welcomes the…

15 November 2022

The first Asia-Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Research Forum will be held next…

05 April 2023

(Newsletter April 2023) The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) is undertaking legal reviews…

10 March 2023

(Newsletter March 2023)  CRVS Champion: Treta Sharma Each month, our…