Understanding and Addressing Statelessness in Italy Compared to Australia Issue Ratified key international statelessness treaties? The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness National mapping study of statelessness conducted? Statelessness Determination Procedure? Pathway to naturalisation? Italy Yes: both. Australia Yes: both. In progress. In progress. One currently UNHCR will publish mapping study being undertaken by the Peter in late 2024. McMullin Centre on Statelessness, due to be complete by late 2024. Yes: two. No. Administrative produce and judicial procedure. Yes. Limited to children born in Stateless persons can apply for Australia to parents who are naturalisation five years after being stateless.civ No pathway for nonpositively recognised as stateless Australian born stateless adults through either the administrative or by virtue of their statelessness judicial statelessness determination (i.e. no visa for stateless procedure (provided they reside in persons). Italy during this period). Administrative procedure: A person may apply to Minister of the Interior to request recognition of their status as a stateless person if they have a birth certificate, a valid residence permit and registered residence in Italy.cv There is no interview process so the applicant must also provide documentation supporting their claim to be stateless (applicable nationality laws, identity documents, consular declarations).cvi There is no fee to apply. However, several problems have been identified with the administrative procedure, including: cvii  Lengthy delays: the procedure usually takes between 2–3 years on average;  Success rates are not high (experts I met advised the success rate is around 6%);  Most notably, the administrative procedure is available only to applicants in possession of a birth certiFicate who legally reside in Italy. Many stateless applicants are therefore 55