SEEKING NATIONALITY THE JUDICIAL ODYSSEY OF APPLICANTS International Agreements Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, adopted on 28 September 1954 by a Conference of Plenipotentiaries convened by Economic and Social Council Resolution No. 526 A (XVII) of 26 April 1954. Available in English and in Arabic. Retrieved from: https://www.ohchr.org/ AR/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/StatelessPersons.aspx Great Britain and France, Exchange of Notes Constituting an Agreement respecting the Boundary Line between Syria and Palestine from the Mediterranean to El Hamme. Paris, March 7, 1923. Retrieved from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/ EXCHANGE_OF_NOTES_CONSTITUTING_AN_AGREEMENT_BETWEEN_ THE_BRITISH_AND_FRENCH_GOVERNMENTS_RE-_SPECTING_THE_ BOUNDARY_LINE_BETWEEN_SYRIA_AND_PALESTINE_FROM_THE_ MEDITERRANEAN_TO_EL_HAMME%2C_PARIS_MARCH_7%2C_1923._01.pdf Treaty of Peace with Turkey Signed at Lausanne dated July 24, 1923 (known as the Treaty of Lausanne), Article 30, available on the website of the archives of the First World War. Retrieved from: https://wwi.lib.byu. edu/index.php/Treaty_of_Lausanne. Lebanese Law Lebanese Nationality Law, High Commissioner Decision No. 15 of 19/1/1925, Official Gazette, issue No. 1838, dated 27/1/1925. Law on the Organization of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, Decree No. 2082 of 14/10/2000, Official Gazette, issue No. 50, dated, 2/11/2000. Approval of the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security on Marriage Contracts Between a Lebanese and a Foreigner, Office of the Prime Minister, Issuance No. 51, dated 18/1/1993. Protection of Juveniles Who Are at Risk or Who Violate the Law, Law No. 422 of 6/6/2002, Official Gazette, issue No. 34 dated 13/6/2002. Decree No. 34 of 26/8/1932 related to the “Regulation of the Movement of Nomadic Tribes on the Lebanese Territory”, Official Gazette, issue No. 2708 dated 12/9/1932. Lebanese Code of Civil Procedure, Legislative Decree No. 90 of 16/09/1983, Official Gazette, issue No. 40, dated 06/10/1983. Organization of the General Security, Decree No. 2873 of 16/12/1959, Official Gazette, issue No. 71, dated 31/12/1959. Organization of Internal Security Forces, Law No. 17 of 06/09/1990, Official Gazette, issue No. 38, dated 20/09/1990. Law on Mukhtars and Mukhtar Councils, dated 27/11/1947, Official Gazette, issue No. 49 of 03/12/1947. Addition of a New Paragraph to Article 18 of Decision No. 2851 of 02/12/1924, Law No. 541 of 24/7/1996, Official Gazette, issue No. 33, dated 27/27/1996. Decree No. 12921 of 30/8/1948 amended by Decree No. 2262/1992, Official Gazette, issue No. 11, dated 12/3/1992. Decree No. 2879 of 29/12/2009, Amendment of Decree No. 2140 of 3/6/2009 (Amendment of Judicial Recess), Official Gazette, issue No. 1, dated 7/1/2010. Law Regulating the State Council, law executed by Decree No. 10434 dated 14/06/1975, Official Gazette issue No. 49 of 19/06/1975. Law of the Judiciary, Legislative Decree No. 150 dated 16/09/1983, Official Gazette issue 45 of 10/11/1983. Code of Ethics of the Law Profession: http://bba.org.lb/content/uploads/ Syndicate/141208091442754~ethique%20professionel-%20arabe.pdf New Campaign: UNHCR launches global campaign for the stateless millions, UNHCR website, https://news.un.org/ar/story/2011/08/147462. Frontiers Ruwad Association, Stateless in Lebanon, Submission in view of Lebanon’s second periodic review by the Human Rights Council, 2015, https://frontiersruwad.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/upr-lebanon-2015_ frontiers-association-submission-on-statelessness_f.pdf. SEEKING NATIONALITY | REFERENCES FRONTIERS RIGHTS Frontiers Ruwad Association, Unpublished Field Study, 2012. UNDP, Barriers to Access to Justice, Practice Note, 9/3/2004 , available at https://www.undp.org/content/dam/aplaws/publication/en/publications/ democratic-governance/dg-publications-for-website/access-to-justicepractice-note/Justice_PN_En.pdf. United States Institute of Peace, Necessary Condition: Access to Justice, available at https://www.usip.org/guiding-principles-stabilization-andreconstruction-the-web-version/rule-law/access-justice . 94