LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 1. ACRWC – African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2. BANJUL CHARTER – African Charter on Human and People’s Rights 3. CEDAW – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 4. CERD – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 5. CRC – Convention on Rights of the Child 6. CRPD – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 7. F – Female 8. ICCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 9. ICESCR – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 10. ID – Identity document 11. IDPs – Internally Displaced Persons 12. KNCHR – Kenya National commission on Human Rights 13. M – Male 14. M-PESA – Mobile money 15. NGO – Non Governmental Organization 16. NRB – National Registration Bureau 17. OAU – Organization of African Unity 18. Stateless Persons Convention - Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 19. UDHR – Universal Declaration of Human Rights 20. UN – United Nations 21. UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees iv OUT OF THE SHADOWS TOWARDS ENSURING THE RIGHTS OF STATELESS PERSONS AND PERSONS AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN KENYA