UUM Journal of Legal Studies, 13, No. 1 (January) 2022, pp: 345–380 For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. A stateless person is not considered a national by any state under the operation of its law, as defined under Article 1 of the 1954 Convention and is thus, someone without any nationality or citizenship. In the situation of being stateless, a person who resides in whichever country has no protection from the state for not having a nationality of any state. In other words, a stateless person does not belong to any country as he/she has no nationality. In the present paper, reference was made to Article 1 of the CRC 1989 and Article 1 of the 1954 Convention, as well as research by several authors pertaining to stateless children in Malaysia. According to a research conducted by Mazura and Nor Hafizah (2018), it was pointed out that stateless children were those who were below 18 years old and without citizenship or membership of any country. Notably, the issue of stateless children in Malaysia was recorded in the contents of the Hansards (Merriam Webster, 2020), the official published reports of debates in the Parliament of Malaysia. For the purpose of this article, 16 Hansards from the House of Representatives (from 2009 to 2019, Table 1) and five Hansards from the House of Senate (from 2016 to 2019, Table 2) pertaining to issues of stateless children in Malaysia were traced and analysed. The records in the Hansards and reports reflected the concerns of Malaysian lawmakers, particularly on the socio- economy4 of the country and welfare matters of stateless children in relation to their citizenship5 and education6. 4 Please refer to Appendix 1: List of Hansard from the House of Representatives – 2009 to 2019. Penyata Rasmi Parlimen Dewan Rakyat Parlimen Keempat Belas Penggal Pertama Mesyuarat Kedua . DR.12.11.2018 Bil.34. P.57. http://www. parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DR-12032018.pdf#page=105&zoom=70&sea rch=stateless%20children>. 5 Please refer to Appendix 1: List of Hansard from the House of Representatives – 2009 to 2019. Penyata Rasmi Parlimen Dewan Rakyat Parlimen Keempat Belas Penggal Kedua Mesyuarat Pertama . DR. 18.3.2019, Bil.5. Pp. 43-44. http:// www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DR-18032019.pdf#page=59&zoom=70 &search=stateless%20children>. 6 Please refer to Appendix 1: List of Hansard from the House of Representatives – 2009 to 2019. Dewan Rakyat Pelimen Ketiga Belas Penggal Kelima Mesyuarat 349