Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons
| Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons |
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|---|---|
| Short title: | Statelessness Convention |
| Title (engl.): | Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons |
| Date: | September 28, 1954 |
| Come into effect: | June 6, 1960 |
| Reference: | Certified true copy in: UNTC |
| Reference (German): | LR-NO. 0.152.40 in: LILEX |
| Contract type: | Multinational |
| Legal matter: | Human rights |
| Signing: | 23 |
| Ratification : | 91 Status of ratification in: UNTC |
| European Union: | No |
| Germany: | October 26, 1976 |
| Liechtenstein: | September 25, 2009 |
| Austria: | February 8, 2008 |
| Switzerland: | 3rd July 1972 |
| Please note the note on the applicable contract version . | |
The Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons defines someone as stateless who does not have citizenship because no state recognizes them as its national.
This convention was created by the UN, because the convention of July 28, 1951 on the status of refugees does not cover all stateless persons and they can therefore not exercise their rights.
Subject of the Convention
The 1954 Convention recognizes the international legal status of “stateless person” and contains the definition of the term “stateless person” under international law as “a person who no state regards as a national by virtue of its law”. This definition is now recognized by customary international law. The convention is based on the core principle that stateless persons should not be treated in a worse position than foreigners who have citizenship. The Convention also recognizes that stateless persons may be more vulnerable than other foreigners.
literature
- Protecting the rights of stateless persons UNHCR information sheet on the Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons
- The World's Stateless Report 2017 Ed .: Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (pdf, 562 pages)
See also
Websites
- Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons in: Liechtenstein Collection of Laws
- End statelessness Website of the UNHCR DA-CH
- Statelessness European network for stateless persons
- Statelessness Index European Network on Statelessness (ENS)
- The Statelessness Index - a database on statelessness in Europe Ed .: Humanrights.ch
- Stateless people - an invisible minority Ed .: Humanrights.ch
- Statelessness in Austria Ed .: UNHCR Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons. (PDF) In: State Agreement 2015. Published by UNHCR Germany, accessed on April 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. In: Liechtenstein Collection of Laws . Retrieved April 26, 2019 .