StatelessReport_ENG16.pdf>; Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Childhood Statelessness (Report, 2018) 4, 9, available at <https://Files.institutesi.org/childhood-statelessness.pdf>. xvii See further, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Factsheets: Childhood Statelessness (Factsheet, 2020), available at <https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_File/0008/4460462/childhoodstatelessness_factsheet_Feb-2023.pdf>. xviii Exact numbers are unknown, due to an absence of a coordinated and consistent method for identifying stateless people in Australia, as discussed elsewhere in this report. The author is currently working on a project funded by the Australian Research Council with her colleague Professor Michelle Foster to conduct the First ‘mapping’ study of statelessness in Australia, with the aim (in part) of identifying more reliable estimates of the number of stateless people in Australia, including Australian born children. xix Section 21(8) of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 aims to directly implement Article 1(1) of the 1961 Convention by providing that a person born in Australia who is not (nor has ever been) a citizen or national of a foreign country, and is not entitled to acquire the citizenship or nationality of another state, is eligible for Australian citizenship. xx Robertson and Dale (n i) 14. xxi Robertson and Dale (n i) 11. xxii More information on the work of the Stateless Legal Clinic can be found at their website: <https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/statelessness/engage/stateless-children-legal-clinic>. xxiii For more about the Italian Stateless Legal Clinics’ work in helping stateless individuals realise their legal rights, please see its website: <https://www.encle.org/cle-directory/formazione-clinico-legale-ii>. xxiv United Stateless is a national organisation led by stateless people whose mission is to build and inspire community among those affected by statelessness, and to advocate for their human rights. See <https://www.unitedstateless.org/organisation#:~:text=Our%20Mission,United%20Stateless%20is%20a%20national%20organisation%20led%20by%20stateless%20people,advocate%2 0for%20their%20human%20rights.&text=Connecting%2C%20encouraging%2C%20and%20empowering%20a,sta teless%20people%20in%20the%20U.S>. xxv The Unione Italiana Apolidi (Italian Stateless Union) is the First Italian organisation led by stateless people. Its objective is to inform and raise awareness on the issue of statelessness through advocacy, becoming a reference point and a bridge that connects fragmented stateless communities and public institutions. See <https://www.statelessness.eu/taxonomy/term/723?page=0>. xxvi A Buon Diritto Onlus is a civil liberties association formed in October 2010 for the purpose of promoting questions of great public importance regarding the exercise of rights which are either recognised by the Italian legal system but not properly protected, or whose recognition is defaulted on, opposed or hindered in actual practice. The association works to raise public awareness of these questions and help introduce them into the sphere of politicalparliamentary debate, whilst following through the effects of these actions in terms of legislation and collective orientation. In order to promote protection of civil and fundamental rights of the individual, A Buon Diritto works on the right of entry and residence on Italian territory of migrants and asylum seekers deprived of social protection and economic guarantees. See <https://www.abuondiritto.it/>. xxvii Those I met with during this stage of the Fellowship requested that I not list their exact location in order to protect their privacy. xxviii See Susan M. Akram’s biography at <https://www.bu.edu/law/proFile/susan-m-akram/>. xxix Robertson and Dale (n i) 12. 88