The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons defines "stateless person" as “a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law.” The exact number of stateless people is not known, but UNHCR estimates that there are at least 10 million globally. 0000010810 00000 n In addition to violations of their right to a nationality, stateless persons are subject to several other human rights violations. 3 0 obj Fundamental rights of universal application are in particular those set out in the Dignity and Freedoms Chapters of the Charter.
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STATELESS PERSONS’ RIGHTS UNDER THE 1954 CONVENTION-T he 1954 Convention is based on a core principle: no stateless person should be treated worse than any foreigner who possesses a nationality. The issue of nationality is also regulated in the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
Arbitrary deprivation of nationality, therefore, effectively places the affected persons in a more disadvantaged situation concerning the enjoyment of their human rights because some of these rights may be subjected to lawful limitations that otherwise would not apply, but also because these persons are placed in a situation of increased vulnerability to human rights violations.
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%PDF-1.5 <<991AA8A00A0E724C9917F06A872368FA>]>> OHCHR report to the Human Rights Council on “discrimination against women on nationality-related matters” (A/HRC/23/23) examines how women in certain countries do not enjoy equal rights with men to acquire, change and retain their nationality and are also not allowed to transfer nationality to their children or spouses on the same basis, which very often results in statelessness. An explicit and general prohibition of arbitrary deprivation of nationality can be found in numerous international instruments. The right to a nationality is recognized in a series of international legal instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. <>>> 0000002741 00000 n Protecting the Rights of Stateless Persons: The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons The 1954 Convention guarantees stateless persons a right to administrative as sistance (Article 25), a right to identity and travel documents (Articles 27 and 28) and exempts them from reciprocity requirements (Article 7). 305 0 obj <> endobj 0000015761 00000 n
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In 4 0 obj 305 24 endobj 0000008597 00000 n expert workshop to discuss best practises to promote women's equal nationality rights in law and in practice was organized in May 2017. 0000006996 00000 n 2 0 obj 0000004292 00000 n Lacking nationality, many stateless people are denied their basic human rights and are some of the most vulnerable and invisible people in the world. They do not have the rights of citizens nor even of refugees. caM�M�C��k����9��(ǥ́�D:��1)��U�;6L�,w������#ϸ�WY��q�L�3��� UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness. Many stateless people are unable to access basic services, go to school, work legally, register births, marriages, or deaths, travel freely, own property or vote. Spain is set to reform its asylum law and it is time to include stateless persons within the new legal framework in order to create a new law on international protection and statelessness that equates the rights of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection with the rights of applicants for stateless status and recognised stateless persons, in order to harmonize protection at … 5 Similarly, the Convention on the Elimination of … The report provides a comprehensive framework for pledges and action towards the full implementation of States’ human rights obligations in the area of equal nationality rights. trailer 1 0 obj In particular, it is worth noting that article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights explicitly provides that no one should be arbitrarily deprived of his or her nationality.
14 This right must be enforced regardless of the parent's gender. 0000002159 00000 n startxref It analyses the negative impact of discriminatory nationality laws on the enjoyment of women’s rights and the rights of their children and spouses, and also includes best practices and other measures to eliminate discrimination against women in nationality laws. 328 0 obj<>stream
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