THE PROBLEM OF STATELESSNESS IN UKRAINE AND THE WAYS OF ADDRESSING IT Convention. The 1954 Convention requires that States provide its beneficiaries with treatment along the following scale: treatment which is to be afforded to stateless persons irrespective of the treatment afforded to citizens or other aliens; the same treatment as nationals; treatment as favorable as possible and, in any event, not less favorable than that accorded to aliens generally in the same circumstances; and the same treatment accorded to aliens generally. States have discretion to facilitate greater parity between the status of stateless persons and that of nationals and indeed may also have an obligation to do so under international human rights treaties33. Hence, the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners and Stateless Persons should be supplemented with a special section “Rights, freedoms and duties of foreigners and stateless persons”, which is currently absent Besides, a provision on non-discrimination on the basis of their statelessness status should be enshrined in the law. Also, the Law should incorporate a definition of a stateless person that is in line with the definition found in article 1 of the 1954 Convention. In addition, in order to introduce a procedure for the determination of statelessness status, the Law should envisage a provision on authorizing the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to establish such a procedure. Introduction of such a procedure by a subordinate regulatory legal act would provide an opportunity to make amendments in a more prompt manner, as required, taking into account the practice of the application of the procedure. The Law of Ukraine on Citizenship of Ukraine. This law should include a definition of a stateless person that is in line with Article 1 of the 1954 Convention. It should also be amended to regulate and facilitate the acquisition of citizenship of Ukraine by persons who 1) entered Ukraine on Soviet passports between 13 November 1991 and 1 January 200234, or 2) entered Ukraine on a birth certificate before the age of majority, whether with one or both parents or separately from their parents, during the period from 13 November 1991 through 1 September 2002. Another category of persons consists of adult great-grandchildren of individuals of Ukrainian origin. At present, only children and grand-children of persons of Ukrainian origin can acquire citizenship by territorial origin based on Article 8(1) of the Law. Hence, it would be reasonable to extend the scope of Article 8(1) of the Law to adult great-grandchildren of persons who were born or permanently resided before August 24, 1991, on the territory that became the territory of 33 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons, 30 June 2014, available at: http:// www.refworld.org/docid/53b676aa4.html, paragraphs 130 and 131 34 The date until which entry was allowed with ex-USSR citizen passport. 37