Existing Statelessness determination procedure
Draft articles on the protection of Stateless persons and the facilities for
their naturalization
UNHCR has developed draft articles for regulating the rights and duties of
stateless persons who are not refugees, establishing a statelessness
determination procedure and providing facilities for the naturalization of
stateless persons.29
The draft articles reflect the recommendations from the “Handbook on
Protection of Stateless Persons under the 1954 Convention Relating to the
Status of Stateless Persons”, the standards developed by the Inter-American
System for the Protection of Human Rights (IAHRS), and the best practices of
States in the Americas.
The draft articles were produced in 2017 in consultation with various Latin
American States developing regulations for the protection and naturalization
of stateless persons, as well as with human rights and civil society
organizations.
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UNHCR, Draft Articles on the Protection of Stateless Persons and the Facilities for their Naturalization, February 2017,
available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/59ad4e784.html.
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