MAPPING OF THE POPULATION AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN ALBANIA 3. THE INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK 3.1 The International Law on Statelessness The 1954 Unite Nations Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness are the key international conventions addressing statelessness. They are complemented by international human rights treaties and provisions relevant to the right to a nationality. Between 2011 and 2015, there were 49 accessions to the two Conventions on Statelessness – an increase that will lead to more action to protect stateless people, resolve their predicament and prevent new cases. In addition, other fundamental articles that relate to statelessness are: Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that “[e]veryone has the right to a nationality” and that “[n]o one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.” Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child states that every child has the right to acquire a nationality. Article 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination requires States to “prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights . . . the right to nationality.” UNHCR - TLAS / May 2018 25