The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness are the key international conventions addressing statelessness. They are complemented by international human rights treaties and provisions relevant to the right to a nationality.

Conventions on Statelessness website: unhcr.org/un-conventions-on-statelessness

 

Conventions:

• Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954)
  • Status on the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954)

• Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961)
  • Status on the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961)