Kristy A. Belton
Table 5 Special registration: refugees and stateless persons
Party to the 1951
Refugee Convention
(year ratification)
Special procedure for
refugees
Party to the 1961
Statelessness
Convention (year
ratification)
Special procedure for stateless
(type of procedure)
Antigua &
Barbuda
Y (1995)
N
N
N
Bahamas
Y (1993)
N
N
N
Barbados
N
N
N
Y (registration, entitlement)
Belize
Y (1990)
?
Y (2015)
Dominica
Y (1994)
N
N
Y (registration, discretionary)
N
Grenada
N
Y
N
Y (special naturalisation and
registration, entitlement)
Guyana
N
N
N
Y (registration, entitlement)
Jamaica
Y (1964)
?
Y (2013)
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St. Kitts & Nevis
Y (2002)
N
N
N
St. Lucia
N
N
N
Y (registration, discretionary)
St. Vincent & the
Grenadines
Y (2003)
Y
N
Y (registration, discretionary)
N
N
N
Trinidad &
Y (2000)
Tobago
Source: United Nations Treaty Collection (2020).
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While Jamaica is a Member Party to the 1961 Statelessness Convention, it does not have any clear and publicly available information on its citizenship practices regarding
stateless persons on its territory.
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