A/HRC/44/57/Add.33 • Counting the number of stateless persons according to this decision, and entering their data into the electronic database system. It is worth mentioning that temporary residence permits granted to them entitle them to enjoy the benefits and rights enjoyed by other non-Qataris living in Qatar. • Providing possible facilities for the concerned persons to help them fulfill the requirements of adjusting their positions before accepting their requests for Qatari nationality and taking necessary measures thereof. • Granting a number of women, the Qatari nationality following their marriage with Qatari men. • Adjusting the positions of many people and granting them the Qatari nationality. • Granting many persons legal residency permits after they adjust their positions and present the required documents of their original nationalities. • Supporting the campaign named the “Midway Point” led by the UNHCR, aiming at encouraging States to reduce statelessness within 10 years. Qatar will benefit from this campaign in the following two ways: • Providing advice, technical and legal assistance to the concerned departments on possible ways of reducing the cases of statelessness. • Educating the employees of the aforementioned departments on the international legal standards related to reducing statelessness, international conventions and developed practices in some countries. As for the results achieved in reducing the cases of statelessness during the years 2017 and 2018 in the State of Qatar, several categories have obtained nationality in accordance with the provisions of the law as shown in the following table: Number of cases Number of in 2017 cases in 2018 No. Action Taken 1 Conditions rectified 2 Granting the Qatari nationality by naturalization 97 285 3 Granting the Qatari nationality by marriage 266 132 1 In 2019, 48 male and female persons were granted Qatari nationality. C. Refugees and asylum seekers: Para 57 and 58: The Qatari legal system adopts the principle of non-refoulement of persons with regard to whom there are good reasons to believe that they will be exposed to the risk of an irreversible harm, as the constitution prohibits in Article (58) the extradition of political refugees and defines by law the conditions for granting political asylum. Article (410) of the Code of Criminal Procedure also prescribes that extradition is inadmissible “if the crime for which the extradition is sought is political or linked to a political one, or if the extradition of a person is required at the time when that person is enjoying a political refugee status” as per the text of Paragraph (2) of this article, and "if there are convincing reasons to believe that the request for extradition is to try or punish the person concerned for considerations related to race, religion, nationality or political opinion, or when it is believed that the interests and safety of the refugee whose extradition is requested are at risk due to these considerations", according to the para (4) of the same article. Article (15) of the Political Asylum Law No (11) for 2018 stipulates that “it is strictly prohibited to extradite political refugees to their home countries or to any other country in which they are feared to be exposed to danger or persecution”. 17