Contents
Foreword
1
Acknowledgements
3
A.
Introduction
5
A.1.
Who is this guide aimed at?
5
A.2.
How to use this guide
5
A.3.
Statelessness globally
6
A.4.
The Statelessness Conventions
6
A.5.
Implementation of the 1954 Convention in UK law
7
A.5.a.
Home Office Instruction
7
A.5.b.
The authority in UK law of the 1954 Convention and UNHCR
Statelessness Handbook
8
A.5.c.
Other potential sources of law on statelessness
9
A.5.d.
Legal aid for statelessness work: what is in scope
9
B.
The Legal Framework
11
B.1.
Statelessness rules: an outline
11
B.2.
Key concepts
11
B.2.a.
Stateless refugees
11
B.2.b.
Nationality law
12
B.2.c.
What is a State?
13
B.2.d.
Definition of a stateless person
13
B.3.
Timing of the assessment of statelessness
21
B.4.
Statelessness: burden of proof
21
B.5.
Statelessness: standard of proof
22
B.6.
Exclusion clauses
23
B.6.a.
Exclusion clauses: burden and standard of proof
24
B.6.b.
Paragraph 402(a): exclusion due to UNRWA protection
25
B.6.c.
Paragraph 402(b): exclusion where other international protection is available 26
B.6.d.
Paragraphs 402 (c-e): Fault-based exclusion
B.7.
B.8.
28
Further requirements for a grant of statelessness leave:
introduction to paragraph 403
29
Further requirements for a grant of statelessness leave:
admissibility paragraph 403(c)
30
B.8.a.
30
What is a ‘country’ for the admissibility test?