Middle East and North Africa Statelessness Network
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| Founded | 2020 |
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| Type | Non-profit, NGO |
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| Services | Legal advocacy, media attention, research, policy advocacy |
| Fields | Statelessness, human rights, nationality |
| Website | MENA Statelessness Network (Hawiati) |
The MENA Statelessness Network (Hawiati), known in Arabic as (هويتي) الشبكة الإقليمية حول انعدام الجنسية, is a network bringing together actors working on, and interested in, statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).[1] According to founders, the "network’s public launch in mid-2020 builds on a long prelude of chance encounters, strategic engagement and collaboration between actors involved in statelessness work in the MENA region."[2]. The lack of a MENA regional network on statelessness similar to the European Network on Statelessness and the American Network on Nationality and Statelessness had already been observed several years previously.[3]
The network is currently made up of volunteers.[4] Its region of coverage includes Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates.[5] Since June 2020, Zahra Albarazi[6] and Thomas McGee[7][8] have served as co-Coordinators of the MENA Statelessness Network (Hawiati).
Work[edit]
The network began its work by holding two webinars on statelessness in North Africa[9][10], an area prioritised in consideration of the fact that "there ha[d] been relatively little attention given to statelessness in North Africa among international actors who work on statelessness."[11]
Media have reported statements by the MENA Statelessness Network in response to proposals for legislative developments in Kuwait that would affect the stateless Bidoon in the country, with the organisation arguing that the proposal "demonises a whole social group by painting them as a national security threat and by accusing them of hiding this supposed original nationalities without bearing the burden of proof."[12] Other advocacy by the Network has included condemnation of citizenship stripping practices that result in instances of statelessness, such as in Bahrain.[13]
In July 2021, the network joined 83 other civil society actors to issue a call to states, donors and other stakeholders to prioritise the promotion and protection of stateless persons' rights in their COVID-19 responses.[14]
Diaspora Digital News has reported on the network's participation within the “10 Days of Activism for MENA diaspora” organised by HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement and Innovation for Change in January 2022.[15]
The MENA Statelessness Network is also a member of the IBELONG Coalition on Every Child's Right to a Nationality, run by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children's Agency (UNICEF).[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ MENA Statelessness Network (Hawiati) Homepage.
- ↑ Zahra Albarazi and Thomas McGee (21 January 2021) Introducing “Hawiati”: A network for stateless solidarity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
- ↑ Challenging the disunity of statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa (2017) in Understanding Statelessness (Routledge), 99.
- ↑ Critical Statelessness Studies Blog (August 2021) Decentralising Solutions to Statelessness, University of Melbourne.
- ↑ MENA Statelessness Network (Hawiati) Entry within Namati Database.
- ↑ Amar Diwakar (11 August 2021) Aliens in their own land: Kuwait’s stateless Bidoons persist on the margins
- ↑ Globalcit Regional Coordinators, Middle East and North Africa
- ↑ Statelessness and the Right to a Nationality in Europe: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities: Technical Meeting of Experts, Strasbourg, 23 September 2021, list of participants.
- ↑ Webinar on statelessness in the contexts of Egypt, the Sahrawi people in Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania [in Arabic]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrKTwGTExqU
- ↑ Webinar on statelessness in the contexts of Libya, Morocco and Sudan [in Arabic]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blGSOFYX2Ks&t=3869s
- ↑ Zahra Albarazi and Thomas McGee (21 January 2021) Introducing “Hawiati”: A network for stateless solidarity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): https://www.statelessness.eu/updates/blog/introducing-hawiati-network-stateless-solidarity-middle-east-and-north-africa-mena
- ↑ Gulf News (20 October 2020) Kuwait: MPs do not show up for controversial Bidoon law session: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-mps-do-not-show-up-for-controversial-bidoon-law-session-1.1603213775130
- ↑ Al Jazeera (9 November 2021) British parliamentarian discussing withdrawal of citizenship from Bahraini opposition: https://www.aljazeera.net/news/humanrights/2021/11/9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA
- ↑ In Solidarity with the Stateless: https://files.institutesi.org/Joint_Statement_in_Solidarity_with_the_Stateless.pdf
- ↑ Diaspora Digital News (21 January 2022) 10 Days of Activism for MENA Diaspora : https://diasporadigitalnews.com/10-days-of-activism-for-mena-diaspora
- ↑ https://www.unhcr.org/ibelong/coalition-members
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