Events

CCS Events

2019 WORLD CONFERENCE ON STATELESSNESS AND INCLUSION
The Hague, Netherlands

In June 2019, CCS participated in the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion’s World Conference on Statelessness. The interdisciplinary conference featured researchers, activists, civil society practitioners, lawyers, government representatives, artists, and formerly stateless individuals. The conference included workshops, panel discussions, and artistic interventions that addressed diverse aspects of statelessness. CCS members and Board members participated in five panel presentations that addressed statelessness in political theory, law, social movements, and Indigenous identity and the Canadian colonial context.

POWER OF ART FUNDRAISER
Toronto, Canada

There is a strong link between homelessness and statelessness: many people who are stateless have challenges accessing housing, and many people who are homeless do not possess identity documents. Brittany Camilleri, the Founder and Executive Director of Gifts for the Homeless (GFTH) hosted a fundraiser for her organisation and donated a portion of her proceeds to CCS. The fundraiser was a success! It included artists, music, an art auction, and two art pieces donated to CCS by Stateless HE, a stateless artist in Toronto.

STATELESSNESS IN THE U.S. and EMERGING CHALLENGES IN
NATIONALITY WORKSHOP
Washington, D.C., United States

On November 5, 2018 CCS was invited to participate in this workshop for civil society organisations and legal clinics in the United States, hosted by the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness, Open Society Justice Initiative, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. CCS presented on Canada’s experience with statelessness including legislation and policy, profiles of stateless persons, and CCS projects.

INSTITUTE ON STATELESSNESS AND INCLUSION, NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS and OPEN SOCIETY
JUSTICE INITIATIVE'S STATELESSNESS ACADEMIC WORKSHOP
New York, United States

In June 2017 Jocelyn Kane participated in this workshop for academics working on issues concerning statelessness. The event explored how scholars have approached statelessness in the past and how we can engage with statelessness in a multidisciplinary way going forward. This intensive week-long programme of activities for academics included an exchange of experiences on teaching statelessness, a dialogue between scholars and practitioners, masterclasses and workshops, and a two-day meeting of over twenty expert academics and practitioners in the field.

UNHCR and AMERICAS NETWORK ON NATIONALITY AND
STATELESSNESS TRAINING WORKSHOP
Santiago, Chile

In June 2016 CCS attended the Training Workshop on Nationality and Statelessness for Non-governmental Organizations and Legal Clinics of the Americas. The workshop addressed the international and regional legal framework on statelessness, jurisprudential developments of the Inter-American Human Rights System, and best practices in order to strengthen capacities of NGOs and practitioners to contribute to the implementation of the sixth chapter (Statelessness) of the Brazil Action Plan.

GLOBAL IDEAS INSTITUTE
Toronto, Canada

In December 2015, CCS Director Jocelyn Kane had the privilege of participating in the Global Ideas Institute seminar series on Birth Registration, and presented the ‘Human Side of Birth Registration’ to 25 groups of Toronto high school students. These young minds attend seminars throughout the year and are tasked with coming up with a project that tackles the various challenges of this global problem. For more information on the Global Ideas Institute, click here.

AMERICAS NETWORK ON NATIONALITY AND STATELESSNESS
INAUGURAL REGIONAL MEETING
San Jose, Costa Rica

In June 2015, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Center for Justice and International Law, and Open Society Foundations organised a regional meeting of the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness and other non-governmental organisations. CCS was at the meeting, which aimed to enhance the function of the Americas Network and discuss the role of civil society organisations in implementing chapter six (Statelessness) of the Brazil Plan of Action, and the UNHCR Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014-2024. For information on the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness please visit http://www.americasns.org/. For photos click here.

INAUGURAL GLOBAL FORUM ON STATELESSNESS
The Hague, The Netherlands

In September 2014, CCS Director Jocelyn Kane participated in the inaugural Global Forum on Statelessness in The Hague, The Netherlands. Co-hosted by Tilburg University and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Forum brought together experts, practitioners, and researchers to share good practices and challenges in policy development on statelessness, explore and debate contemporary statelessness research and policy, and provide a platform for the voices of stateless persons in the development of new research and policy directions. For the Forum programme, abstracts, and photos click here.