TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abbreviations................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Executive Summary..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................................................................................................10
1.1
Purpose of the report and context........................................................................................................................................................10
1.2
Methodology................................................................................................................................................................................................10
2. Statelessness across the globe and UNHCR’s engagement with statelessness..............................................................................12
2.1
Defining a stateless person.....................................................................................................................................................................12
2.2
Causes of statelessness...........................................................................................................................................................................13
2.3
Consequences of statelessness............................................................................................................................................................13
2.4
UNHCR’s engagement with statelessness.........................................................................................................................................14
3. Legal analysis of statelessness in the Czech Republic..............................................................................................................................16
3.1
The international and regional legal framework..............................................................................................................................16
3.2
Legislation concerning the identification and protection of stateless persons .................................................................... 17
3.3
Legislation concerning the reduction and prevention of statelessness in the Czech Republic......................................22
4. Statistical overview of the stateless population in the Czech Republic..............................................................................................24
4.1
Stateless persons in the statistics of the Czech Ministry of the Interior.................................................................................25
4.1.1 Foreigners with a residence permit...............................................................................................................................................25
4.1.2 Stateless persons granted international protection................................................................................................................. 27
4.2
Stateless persons in the statistics of the Czech Statistical Office.............................................................................................29
4.2.1 Census of Population, Buildings and Dwellings........................................................................................................................29
4.2.2 Cross-sectional statistics on foreigners.....................................................................................................................................30
4.3
4
Limits of statistical data and estimated number of stateless persons in the Czech Republic.........................................32
Faces of Statelessness in the Czech Republic