(4) Exploring solutions abroad............................................................................................. 42
(5) Additional procedural and evidentiary safeguards for specific groups............. 42
F. STATELESSNESS DETERMINATION WHERE
THE 1954 CONVENTION DOES NOT APPLY.......................................................................44
PART THREE: STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL..................................................................................................... 45
A. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS....................... 45
(1) Parallels between the status of refugees and stateless persons.......................... 45
(2) Overview of the standard of treatment required by the 1954 Convention........ 46
(a) Rights on a gradual, conditional scale..................................................................47
(3) International human rights law...................................................................................... 50
B. INDIVIDUALS IN A MIGRATORY CONTEXT....................................................................... 52
(1) Individuals awaiting determination of statelessness................................................ 52
(2) Individuals determined to be stateless – right of residence................................. 52
(3) Where protection is available in another State......................................................... 54
(a) Where statelessness results from loss/deprivation or
good-faith voluntary renunciation of nationality..................................................... 55
(b) Where statelessness results from voluntary renunciation of
nationality as a matter of convenience or choice.................................................. 56
(c) Consideration of local ties.......................................................................................57
C. INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR “OWN COUNTRY”.........................................................................57
D. STATUS FOR STATELESS PERSONS NOT
COVERED BY THE 1954 CONVENTION............................................................................. 58
ANNEX I - 1954 CONVENTION RELATING TO
THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS................................................................................... 61
ANNEX II - 1961 CONVENTION ON THE REDUCTION OF STATELESSNESS.................77
ANNEX III - LIST OF STATES PARTIES TO THE 1954 CONVENTION
RELATING TO THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS AND
THE 1961 CONVENTION ON THE REDUCTION OF STATELESSNESS............................ 85
ANNEX IV - EXCERPTS FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS............................ 88
ANNEX V - EXCERPTS FROM UNHCR EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS...................................................................................................... 90
INDEX............................................................................................................................................... 94