NFA is organizing a Consultation with Civil Society Organizations on forming a regional alliance on statelessness on November 2 and 3, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. 16 organizations from the Asia Pacific region are attending this event along with 7 Advisory group members.
The two-day consultation event will provide an opportunity for the CSOs to learn more about each others’ work and collectively discuss and decide whether a regional alliance on statelessness would contribute to their national and regional advocacy efforts on statelessness. The CSOs will be supported by experts on the issue who are members of the Advisory Group of this process.
The participating organizations are as follows:
SN | Organization |
1 | Right to Nationality and Citizenship Network (RNCN) |
2 | Family Frontiers |
3 | Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) |
4 | Citizenship Affected People’s Network (CAPN) |
5 | Duroo – Association of Public Interest Law / Universal Birth Registration Network (South Korea) |
6 | Council of Minorities |
7 | DHRRA Malaysia |
8 | Ateneo Human Rights Center |
9 | Rohingya Project |
10 | Development and Justice Initiative (DAJI) |
11 | SUAKA |
12 | Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD) |
13 | Women Peace Makers (WPM) |
14 | Imkaan Welfare Organization |
15 | Smile Myanmar |
16 | Braveheart Foundation |
The members of the Advisory Group are as follows:
SN | Name | Organization |
1 | Aashish Yadav | Jindal Global Law School |
2 | Bongkot Napaumporn | Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness |
3 | Christoph Sperfeldt | Macquarie University |
4 | Chulhyo Kim | Jeonbuk National University |
5 | Grant Mitchell | Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) |
6 | Hannah Gordon | Northern Community Legal Centre |
7 | Victor Karunan | Mahidol University |
8 | Hafsar Tameesuddin | Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) |