Zahra Albarazi being palpably discriminatory, is leading to new cases of statelessness especially amongst the displaced. This discrimination will, in any future review of Syria’s nationality policy, need to be addressed. The second concern is the non-enforcement of the safeguard against childhood statelessness found in Syrian law. Ensuring the full and correct implementation of the existing legal safeguard – where any child born in the territory that would otherwise be stateless is given Syrian nationality – is vital as it is already in line with international standards and would demonstrate Syria’s commitment to ensuring that no new cases of statelessness arise amongst children. In addition to this, vague and discriminatory naturalisation requirements must also be addressed. With regards to the stateless populations living in, and having fled from, Syria, there are also potential opportunities that could begin to challenge the status quo of their status. With regards to the Kurdish population, the 2011 decree can be welcomed as a positive development which allowed a large proportion of the stateless community to obtain citizenship and benefit from the related rights whilst highlighting the substantial concerns of the decree that remain, especially as to the effectiveness and future implications of this decree. Also, no responsibility has been taken for the impact that half a century of statelessness has had on those affected, nor has the scope of the population covered under this decree and working to address those who are excluded been sufficient. Syria has had one of the largest stateless populations worldwide, and an issue not covered by this report is that they have suffered from some of the most severe protection problems for over half a century and will likely continue to do so. Finally, as part of current and future discussions on the upcoming situation of the country as part of a post-conflict situation, there needs to be assurance that these gaps and flaws will be addressed, challenges facing the displaced in accessing citizenship are explored, and that historical cases of statelessness are countered. 16 RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2021/15 © 2021 Author(s)