ISSN: 2686-2379; E-ISSN: 2686-3464 analyzed and then arranged systematically, which in turn is used as material for drawing conclusions. D. Discussion and Results 1. Urgency of providing citizenship status for otherwise stateless international refugee children born in Indonesia Children are the most vulnerable group because they cannot live independently without others' assistance. Therefore, children have a range of human rights and basic freedoms that have been recognized in international human rights instruments, including the right to have a nationality.9 As is a universal principle in human rights, these basic rights and freedoms apply to children without exception, including stateless children.10 The fact is, however, many countries make the citizenship of a person a practical prerequisite to obtain respect, protection, and optimal fulfillment of human rights. Furthermore, this happens because citizenship leads to a reciprocal legal relationship between the state and citizens. In other words, citizens have rights and obligations to their country, and likewise the state has certain authority and obligations towards its citizens. In addition, a person's citizenship status is related to two basic aspects, namely they a clear legal status, and also social status, meaning that their position as citizens is socially recognized.11 In addition, stateless children indirectly make them stateless persons. Stateless persons are “persons who either from birth or as result of subsequent changes in their country of origin are without citizenship.” 12 On the other hand, stateless children are generally born without being registered and do not have residence documents that can show their legal identity. As a result, if a child does not have a residency document, then the child will find it difficult to be able to take care of everything that requires self-identity. According to David Owen, de jure statelessness is the condition of lacking an effective nationality, where possessing an effective nationality requires not only access to civil rights within the territory of 9 Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1990, Art 7. Vienna Declaration on Programs of Action, 1993, Art 5 which stated, "All human rights are universal, undivided, interdependent, and interrelated. The international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing, and with the same emphasis". 11 Made Nurmawati and I Nengah Suantra, 'The Arrangement of Dual Citizenship of the Indonesian Diaspora: A Legal and Human Rights Perspective', 9 (3) Jurnal Magister Hukum Udayana (2020), 499. 12 Lin Karita Sakharina and Kadarudin (n 3) 21. 10 25