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Nationality and Statelessness A Handbook for Parliamentarians

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Nationality and Statelessness: A Handbook for Parliamentarians

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Journal / Publisher: Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Refugee Agency

UN organisation / body / branch: UN Refugee Agency

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Description: This handbook aims to provide parliamentarians with a broad description of the international principles regulating nationality and statelessness. International law gives States broad discretion with which to define their initial body of citizens and conditions for acquiring, losing and retaining citizenship. However, human rights principles developed throughout the 20th century limit this latitude if it results in statelessness and/or if it is applied in a discriminatory manner. UNHCR is the UN agency tasked with helping to reduce the incidence of statelessness and assisting those individuals who are stateless in securing an effective nationality. the handbook describes what UNHCR does to fulfil this role and suggests practical steps that parliamentarian can take to help reduce statelessness, from reviewing and revising citizenship laws to encouraging governments to accede to international treaties on statelessness and raising public awareness. The handbook also offers positive examples of how protracted situation of statelessness have been resolved through the involvement of the State, civil society and the assistance of the international community.

Type of resource

Learning tool

Source

UN : UN - other
UN : UNHCR

Theme

Acquisition of Nationality by Stateless People
Identification / Determination of Statelessness

Framework

UN Human Rights system

Date published: Oct 20, 2005

Source URL: Direct Link

Primary Documents

IPU and UNHCR Handbook for Parliamentarians on Nationality and Statelessness (2005)
English
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