Table of Contents Acknowledgements 2 Foreword 3 Introduction 6 Chapter 1: The International Legal Framework for the Right to a Nationality and for the Reduction of Statelessness 8 Chapter 2: Identifying and Protecting Stateless Persons 17 Chapter 3: Eliminating the Causes of Statelessness 27 Chapter 4: UNHCR’s Role 43 Chapter 5: How Parliamentarians Can Help 48 Annex 1: States Parties to the 1954 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 53 States Parties to the 1961 United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 55 Annex 3: Model Instruments of Accession 56 Annex 4: UNHCR Representations 58 Annex 2: UNHCR and IPU in Brief 67 5