WHAT IS STATELESSNESS ? Rohingya People Fleeing Violence reuters.com A stateless person is someone who does not have a nationality. stateless or one who does not have a nationality. This means that all the basic rights that come with being a citizen of a country – the right to vote, to own land, the right to education, medical care, the right to travel, the right to protection by the law and protection by the State, to marry and to pass on citizenship to your children… all these things that people with citizenship take for granted, are not guaranteed to a person who is categorized as being While the world agrees that every human being has a basic right to a nationality, there are still an estimated 10 – 15 million people in the world who are stateless. Follow this link to understand a person’s basic right to a nationality more. For more insight into the issue of statelessness visit the website of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion. 5