TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction.................................................................................................. 03 2 Statelessness in the Austrian context....................................................... 05 2.1 International obligations.............................................................................................. 06 2.2 National legislative framework.................................................................................. 06 2.3 Existing research and data on statelessness in Austria....................................... 08 3 Access to nationality in Austria.................................................................. 09 3.1 General regulations on acquisition of nationality................................................. 10 3.2 Otherwise stateless children born in Austria....................................................... 10 3.3 Otherwise stateless children born outside Austria............................................. 11 4 Gaps in safeguards for specific groups of children................................... 12 4.1 Foundlings....................................................................................................................... 13 4.2 Adoption......................................................................................................................... 13 4.3 Surrogacy........................................................................................................................ 13 5 Access to birth registration........................................................................ 15 6 Conclusions and recommendations........................................................... 18 7 Bibliography.................................................................................................. 21 8 Acknowledgement....................................................................................... 28 Front cover and all photographs © Greg Constantine 02 | No child should be stateless in Austria