state - “State,” what is a, 19-21 - “by any State”, 18-21 stateless person / statelessness, definition, 7, 8, 13, 14-22, 24, 28, 39, 45, 47, 5054, 56, 88, 109, 111 sworn oral testimony, 84 T travel documents, 84, 112, 129, 143, 166 - right to, 136, 150, 160 territory - birth on, 18, 26, 34, 54, 92, 161 - presence in, 132, 133, 137, 145 U unaccompanied children, see child/children United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Expert Meeting – The Concept Of Stateless Persons under International Law (“Prato Conclusions”), 4, 74, 112 - Executive Committee, see Executive Committee - mandate, 4, 29, 116 - responsibilities of, 4 - role, 116 United Nations - Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons, 135 - Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Problems, 125, 135 - High Commissioner for Refugees, 111 - Human Rights Committee, 1, 58, 112, 135 - Human Rights Committee’s decisions in van Alpen v Netherlands, 112 - Security Council, The Rule of Law and Transitional Justice in Conflict and PostConflict Societies: Report of the Secretary-General, 47 Special Rapporteur on the rights of non-citizens, 140 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 14, 164 Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, 111, 112 V Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), 14 voluntary renunciation of nationality, 51, 158-162 INDEX vulnerable groups, 3, 140 W war crime, 112 welfare, 129 women, 121 - asylum-seekers, see asylum-seekers - right of, to equal rights/treatment 55, 122 work, right to, 136, 150, 160 101