Table of Contents Foreword by the OSCE Secretary General and UN High Commissioner for Refugees 5 I. Introduction 9 II. Definitions and cross-cutting issues 13 III. Background and mandates 21 IV. International legal framework and OSCE commitments 29 V. Identification, prevention, and reduction of statelessness, and the protection of stateless persons 41 VI. Advocacy and partnerships 79 VII. Resource materials and recommended reading 95 Notes 103 Annexes Annex I: States Parties to the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions in the OSCE Area Annex II: Model instrument of accession to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons Annex III: Model instrument of accession to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness Annex IV: UNHCR Campaign and Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014–2024 Annex V: Sample Template 117 3 117 121 122 123 125