Mainstreaming
Statelessness and the
Right to Nationality in the
Universal Periodic Review
UPR Third Cycle Evaluation and Lessons for the Future
This report was written and edited by Laura van Waas, Sangita Bajulaiye,
Grant Mitchell, Amal de Chickera, Vera Karanika, Stefania Tantimonaco (ISI).
Main researcher was Michiel Hoornick (consultant) and background research
by Stefania Tantimonaco and Vera Karanika (ISI).
Alena Jascanka (ISI) was responsible for design and layout of the report.
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