Social Sustainability
Stateless Person
A person not considered a national by any state — denied the rights that nationality unlocks, and acutely vulnerable in crises including climate displacement.
Definition
A stateless person is defined by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons as someone not considered a national by any state under the operation of its law. Statelessness arises from discriminatory nationality laws, state succession, gaps between citizenship regimes and arbitrary deprivation of nationality; stateless people typically cannot access education, healthcare, formal work, travel documents or legal protection. UNHCR's #IBelong campaign targeted ending statelessness, which affects millions worldwide.
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