6 | Training handbook . Statelessness 1. Introduction 2. Guidance 3. Legal context (...) 1.4 Report: Stateless Palestinians in Lebanon Our report Lebanon: Stateless Palestinians findings span over 180 pages and paint a troubling picture of the situation for stateless Palestinians in Lebanon. Palestinians don't have access to most of their basic human rights in Lebanon. Sources highlight the various forms and layers of discrimination at the hands of state actors as well as within communities and families. This includes denial of their rights as stateless persons, which are set out in international agreements. Lebanon is not a signatory to the 1954 Convention that defines and requires states to protect stateless persons. It also does not have any laws that protect people who are stateless or who are at risk of becoming stateless. See a summary of our findings on our website. The report draws extensively on insights and information from interviews and correspondence with five experts from Lebanon, some with lived experience of statelessness. This was particularly important as our experience conducting COI research for the project illustrated many of the challenges and limitations noted in the COI review above that we will address in this handbook. This included: • • • • • 4. Research strategy 5. Appendices CO I Statelessness Lack of visibility of stateless persons in publicly available COI sources; Lack of reliable data; Limited stateless specific sources or general sources with stateless specific information; and Lack of clear terminology to distinguish stateless persons in different situations who may have different experiences of statelessness; Lack of sources taking into account different aspects of the identity of stateless persons (i.e. an intersectional approach). We will draw on our learning and examples from the report throughout this handbook. © Asylos, 2023 Back to contents