B. T HE STAT E’ S DUT Y TO PR EV E N T AND RE DUC E STAT E LE SSNE SS
B.3 C ONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Any action undertaken by the state which deliberately or
inadvertently renders its nationals stateless is a violation of their
rights assured by emerging customary international law and
municipal law. Hence, there is a core negative obligation on India
to not render people stateless. This obligation has been clarified
in the domestic context by several Indian judicial decisions as
well. Recommendations in this regard, include:
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India should accede to the 1954 and the 1961 Statelessness
Conventions.
India should adopt a national legislation consistent with
international law on statelessness.
Modules on international law and India’s obligations should
be incorporated into judicial education and training programs
for judges and FT members.
Keeping the scale of disenfranchisement and the lack of
supranational policy in mind, civil society organizations must
further highlight the consequences of people being deprived
of citizenship in legal and policy terms when discussing the
impact of the NRC and similar exercises in India.
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