Contents
Indemnity Clause .............................................................................................................................................. 2
Contact Details................................................................................................................................................... 2
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 8
Acronyms ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
Glossary (Key Words) .................................................................................................................................. 12
Learn More....................................................................................................................................................... 13
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 17
The Stateless Legal Clinic and Churchill Fellowship .................................................................... 18
Key Learnings for Australia from the International Context..................................................... 21
Recommendations .................................................................................................................................... 22
Itinerary and Interviews............................................................................................................................. 23
PART 1: STATELESSNESS – KEY CONCEPTS .......................................................................................... 27
What is ‘Statelessness’? ........................................................................................................................... 27
What is ‘Nationality’ and ‘Citizenship?’ ............................................................................................. 28
How Does Someone Become Stateless? ............................................................................................. 28
PART 2: STATELESSNESS IN AUSTRALIA ............................................................................................... 29
Australia’s International Obligations ................................................................................................ 30
Australia’s Legal Framework for Nationality and Statelessness .............................................. 31
Identifying the Problem: A Gap in Legal Education and Services for Stateless Children in
Australia ....................................................................................................................................................... 32
Targeted Response to Addressing Unmet Legal Need: The Stateless Legal Clinic ............. 33
Case Study – Childhood Statelessness in Australia ................................................................... 36
Aims of my Churchill Fellowship ......................................................................................................... 38
PART 3: LEARNINGS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY .................................................. 39
Experiences and Findings ...................................................................................................................... 39
SWITZERLAND ........................................................................................................................................... 39
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