Table of contents Foreword Introduction Part 1: Basic concepts and challenges Infographic: Child’s Right to a Nationality as an Enabling Right Chapter 1. The child’s right to a nationality Chapter 2. Childhood statelessness Chapter 3. Human rights and development considerations Chapter 4. Key challenges 1 - How does discrimination relate to statelessness? Chapter 5. Key challenges 2 - How does (forced) migration relate to statelessness? Chapter 6. Key challenges 3 - How does (lack of) documentation relate to statelessness? 10 13 27 41 57 73 85 Part 2: International and regional standards and instruments Infographic: The Child’s Right to a Nationality: Global and Regional Standards Chapter 7. The Convention on the rights of the Child Chapter 8. The UN Statelessness Conventions Chapter 9. Other UN and Human Rights Treaty Body Standards Chapter 10. Regional Standards Chapter 11. The Sustainable Development Agenda Chapter 12. Standards related to Migrants, Displaced Children and Refugees 104 107 119 130 144 155 166 Part 3: Responding to the denial of nationality and childhood statelessness Infographic: Promoting & Protecting Every Child’s Right to a Nationality Chapter 13. Checklists to identify challenges and problems to be remedied Chapter 14. Good practices to build on a. Good practice in activism and awareness raising: Combatting gender discrimination in nationality laws in Nepal b. Good practice in paralegal services, counselling and assistance: Securing documentation for Syrian refugees at risk of statelessness in Lebanon c. Good practice in litigation and advocacy: Advancing the child’s right to a nationality in South Africa d. Good practice in teaching and building capacity: A child centred approach to educating on childhood statelessness by the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion 178 181 191 192 193 196 198 3