Rights (ICCPR),25 the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),26 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,27 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),28 the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women,29 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,30 and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.31 The issue of nationality is also covered by the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (“1951 Convention”), over which UNHCR exercises its supervisory role.32 Although an individual can be both stateless as per the 1954 Convention and a refugee as per the 1951 Convention, at a minimum, a stateless refugee must benefit from the protection of the 1951 Convention and international refugee law. 25 UN General Assembly, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 999, p. 171, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3aa0.html 26 UN General Assembly, Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, p. 3, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b38f0.html 27 UN General Assembly, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 21 December 1965, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, p. 195, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3940.html 28 UN General Assembly, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 18 December 1979, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, p. 13, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3970.html 29 UN General Assembly, Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, 29 January 1957, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3708.html 30 UN General Assembly, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 13 December 2006, A/RES/61/106, Annex I, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4680cd212.html 31 UN General Assembly, International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 18 December 1990, A/RES/45/158, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3980.html 32 UN General Assembly, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, p. 137, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3be01b964.html UNHCR POLAND, SEPTEMBER 2019 15

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