| Resolution Number: | 2012-A138 |
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| Title: | Urge an End to Statelessness and Discriminatory Practices |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the 77th General Convention commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and assert the right of every human being to a nationality by urging States to work to end statelessness which affects millions of people across the world; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church urge the United States Government and the international community to work to end discriminatory practices that leave women and children vulnerable to statelessness, including efforts to ensure equality between women and men in nationality laws and access to documentation, the promotion of birth registration as a basic step toward the protection of children and the prevention of statelessness, and greater efforts in the identification of stateless persons to be able to start addressing their needs.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2012 (New York: General Convention, 2012), pp. 184-185. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Executive Council: Committee on the Status of Women |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | National and International Concerns |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #6 on Resolution A138 (Ending Statelessness Discrimination Against Women) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution
(A138)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 77th General Convention commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and assert the right of every human being to a nationality by urging States to work to end statelessness which affects millions of people across the world; and be it further
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church urge the United States Government and the international community to work to end discriminatory practices that leave women and children vulnerable to statelessness, including efforts to ensure equality between women and men in nationality laws and access to documentation, the promotion of birth registration as a basic step toward the protection of children and the prevention of statelessness, and greater efforts in the identification of stateless persons to be able to start addressing their needs.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #79)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on National and International Concerns presented its Report #9 on HD Message #79 on Resolution A138 (Ending Statelessness Discrimination Against Women) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message # 133)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 9.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council: Committee on the Status of Women, Reports to the 77th General Convention, 2012, pp. 623-632. |
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| Abstract: | The 77th General Convention asserts the right to nationality and urges the U.S. government and international community to end discrimination against women and children that renders them vulnerable to statelessness. |