Statelessness Index, which covers Austria.4 5. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) 5 is an independent non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting an integrated, human rights-based response to the injustice of statelessness and exclusion. Established in August 2014, it is the first and only global centre committed to promoting the human rights of stateless persons and ending statelessness. The Institute has made nearly 70 country specific UPR submissions on the human rights of stateless persons out of which, 19 were joint submissions with ENS, and also compiled summaries of the key human rights challenges related to statelessness in all countries under review under the 23 rd to the 36th UPR Sessions. 6. This submission focuses on: I. Children’s right to a nationality II. Statelessness determination and status III. Facilitated naturalisation IV. Economic and social rights of stateless persons V. Risks of arbitrary detention of stateless persons VI. The impact of COVID-19 on Stateless Persons in Austria. Previous UPR of Austria under the First and Second Cycle 7. Austria was previously reviewed during the 10th and 23rd sessions of the UPR, in 2010 and 2015 respectively. During the first cycle, Austria did not receive any recommendations relating to the right to a nationality and statelessness.6 During the second cycle, Austria received one recommendation by Portugal, namely, to address the limitations for children born out of wedlock in accessing Austrian nationality and to ensure non-discrimination, which it accepted.7 Austria’s International obligations 8. Austria has international obligations to protect the right to a nationality and protect the rights of stateless persons on the basis of UN and regional treaties to which it is a party. These include, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (see Article 24.3), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (see Articles 2.2 and 3), the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) (see Articles 2, 3, 7 and 8), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (see Article 9), the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) (see Article 5(d)(iii)), the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (see Article 18) and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) (see Article 25). 9. Austria is also party to the European Convention on Nationality and other relevant regional treaties or declarations, including, among others, the 2006 Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession, the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and the European Social Charter (ESC). 4 https://index.statelessness.eu/country/austria For more information about the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, see: www.institutesi.org. 6 A/HRC/17/8, 18 March 2011, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/17/8 7 A/HRC/31/12, 22 December 2015, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/31/12 5 2