Washington & Lee Public Legal Studies Research Paper Series Accepted Paper No. 2018 - 04 December 1, 2017 Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, Vol. 19, 2017 The Risk of Statelessness: Reasserting a Rule for the Protection of the Right to Nationality David C. Baluarte Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic Washington and Lee University School of Law Working Paper Series Washington and Lee University School of Law - Sydney Lewis Hall – Lexington - VA – 24450 http://ssrn.com/abstract=http://ssrn.com/abstract=3111529 Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3111529