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The Human Rights of Stateless Persons
- Human Rights Quarterly
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 28, Number 1, February 2006
- pp. 245-276
- 10.1353/hrq.2006.0013
- Article
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By exploring statelessness through legal, theoretical, and practical lenses, this article presents a broad examination of the human rights of stateless persons. The article delineates the rights of stateless persons as enunciated in various human rights instruments; presents the mechanisms of, and paths to, statelessness; illustrates the practical struggles of stateless persons by highlighting the plights of various stateless populations; examines how the problem of statelessness is being addressed; and considers the complex political and regional forces affecting policies towards stateless persons. The article concludes with recommendations regarding remedies and solutions for statelessness.