Table of Contents Acknowledgments 7 Methodology Country Selection Criteria Methodological Models Research Methods 9 9 10 11 Map of the Region 15 Definition of Terms 17 Executive Summary and Recommendations Recommendations 19 22 I. 25 25 27 Introduction Citizenship in the Americas The Politics of Citizenship II. Regional Context The Inter-American System of Human Rights Case Law from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Cartagena +30 and Statelessness 29 30 32 34 BORN IN THE AMERICAS 5

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