competent authorities - enquiries with, 41 - identifying, 27-30 - inconsistent treatment by, 42-44 - assessing nationality in the absence of evidence of the position of, 38 - in automatic modes of citizenship acquisition or loss of nationality, 34-36 - in non-automatic modes of nationality acquisition and withdrawal, 31-33 consular assistance/protection, 7, 40, 123, 167 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), 55, 122 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961), 3, 4, 161, Annex II list of States Parties, Annex III Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), 120 Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), 122 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951), 2, 4, 6, 12, 15, 52, 78, 82, 125128, 130, 132, 135, 145 - status of refugees and stateless persons, parallels between the, 125, 127, 128 - Travaux Préparatoires, 14, 125 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954), 5, 6, Annex I list of States Parties, Annex III non-contracting States, 122-124, 166 - stateless persons in countries not bound by this treaty, 122, 166-168 - treaty’s object and purpose, 14, 51, 56, 91, 135, 147, 157 country of origin, 79, 80, 101, courts, 6, 49, 133, 137 - right of access to, 129 credibility, 101-107 crime - non-political, 111 - against peace, 111 - against humanity, 112 - war, 112 D de facto stateless persons / statelessness 7, 8, 12, 123, 124, 167, 168 de jure stateless persons, 7 detention, 112-115, 124 - arbitrary, 112, 122, 141, 146, 166 INDEX determination procedures, statelessness - access to, 68-70 - confidentiality requirements, 79 - coordinating refugee status and statelessness determinations, 78-82 - credibility issues, see credibility - design and location of, 62-67 - evidence, see evidence - group determination, 108-111 - individuals awaiting determination of statelessness, 12, 16, 114, 132, 137, 144-146 - individuals in their “own country,” 164, 165 95