Background In recent years, MARCH has been recruiting volunteers among youth from vulnerable groups for several peace building and conflict resolution projects deployed in Tripoli, particularly in Tebbeneh and Jabal Mohsen. During this community work, the organisation has identified statelessness as a recurrent characteristic among the recruits, depriving them, not only of their basic rights, but also of their “right to have rights.” As part of MARCH’s initiatives to address violence and radicalization in Tripoli and given that citizenship is a fundamental guarantee of equal rights in Lebanon, the organisation started helping these young people acquire legal status and nationality. While a few statelessness situations were resolved, the process for most cases has been lengthy and complicated with unexplained delays and unresolved deadlocks. The issue seemed to be more systemic, which requires a strategic approach to resolving statelessness in Tripoli. MARCH consequently decided to conduct a wider study to delineate the extent of the problem and discern its root causes, measure its impact on individuals and their families, explore coping mechanisms, and determine who is at risk of statelessness. This research will help MARCH in determining adequate projects and policies that can help reduce and prevent this phenomenon, as well as protect stateless persons in Tripoli. This report starts with an overview of the Tripoli context, then introduces statelessness as a global concept along with the relevant international conventions and best practices to solving it around the world. A historical and legal review of statelessness in Lebanon follows. Statelessness in Tripoli is then assessed qualitatively and empirically through reviewing the results of a quantitative survey as well as insights from qualitative interviews with stakeholders. Lastly, the report concludes with a section on policy recommendations. 12