UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi delivers his keynote remarks during the ‘Orientation Session for Displaced and Stateless Participants’ at the Global Refugee Forum 2023. © UNHCR/Pierre Albouy ACTION 9: Accede to the UN statelessness conventions DESIRED OUTCOME • • • All States are party to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The provisions of both Statelessness Conventions are incorporated into national laws. All existing reservations to both Statelessness Conventions are lifted. Context The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness are key international treaties designed to ensure that every person has a nationality and that stateless persons enjoy a basic set of human rights. The Statelessness Conventions do not stand alone but complement a much broader range of international legal standards, in particular those contained in human rights treaties. 30 The 1954 Convention establishes minimum standards of treatment for stateless persons in respect of a number of rights. These include, but are not limited to, the right to education, employment and housing. Importantly, the 1954 Convention also guarantees stateless persons a right to identity and travel documents and to administrative assistance. The 1961 Convention establishes an international framework to ensure the right of every person to a nationality. It requires that States establish safeguards in their nationality laws to prevent statelessness at birth and later in life. GLOBAL ACTION PLAN TO END STATELESSNESS 2.0