18 Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change PART A 2. S  TATELESSNESS AND THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS 2 Global Recommendations on Nationality and Statelessness in the Context of Climate Change PART A 2. STATELESSNESS AND THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS Statelessness and the right to a nationality under international law and policy frameworks 2.1 The Global Recommendations are anchored in, draw upon, and align with the international legal framework relating to the right to nationality and statelessness. This includes the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (‘1954 Convention’)9 which sets out the definition of a stateless person and the rights10 to be afforded to stateless persons; and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (‘1961 Convention’), which establishes safeguards to prevent statelessness in childhood and later in life, as well as other international and regional instruments. 2.2 The right to nationality is a fundamental human right, meaning everyone is entitled to a nationality, and no one should be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality or denied the right to change it. This right is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (‘UDHR’), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (‘ICCPR’), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘CRC’) and other international and regional instruments.11 2.3 The Global Recommendations further reflect the application of States’ existing obligations under international human rights law, including duties to respect, protect and fulfil human rights. 2.4 Governments’ multilateral and national commitments to climate change mitigation, adaptation, disaster risk reduction and to responses to loss and damage provide an opportunity to bring greater knowledge and much-needed attention to statelessness risks and to address the protection of stateless persons. This includes connecting statelessness and human mobility, in line with commitments to ‘leave no one behind’. Different aspects are addressed in international treaties and policy instruments, including the 2015 Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030), and the Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015–2030), as well as in the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.12 19