(d) Stateless

  International TreatiesConvention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 360 U.N.T.S. 117, 28 September 1954.Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 989 U.N.T.S. 175, 30 August 1961.Soft LawUNHCR, ‘Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees’, HCR/IP/4/Rev.1, 1979, paras. 101–105.UNHCR Inter-parliamentary Union, `Nationality and Statelessness: A Handbook for Parliamentarians`, (Switzerland: 2005).Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN General Assembly Resolution, A/RES/61/137, 25 January 2007.UNHCR EXCOM, ‘Conclusion on Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons’, Conclusion No. 106 (LVII) – 2006.ReadingsCoreG. Goodwin-Gill and J. McAdam, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 67–70. [G. Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 41–43]. J. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths, 1991), pp. 59–63.

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Section I Introduction to International Refugee Law: Background and Context


Section II International Framework for Refugee Protection


Section III European Framework for Refugee Protection


Section IV UNHCR and Other Actors Relevant to International Asylum Law

(d) Stateless

 

International Treaties
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 360 U.N.T.S. 117, 28 September 1954.

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 989 U.N.T.S. 175, 30 August 1961.

Soft Law
UNHCR, ‘Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees’, HCR/IP/4/Rev.1, 1979, paras. 101–105.

UNHCR Inter-parliamentary Union, `Nationality and Statelessness: A Handbook for Parliamentarians`, (Switzerland: 2005).

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN General Assembly Resolution, A/RES/61/137, 25 January 2007.

UNHCR EXCOM, ‘Conclusion on Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons’, Conclusion No. 106 (LVII) – 2006.

Readings
Core
G. Goodwin-Gill and J. McAdam, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 67–70. [G. Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 41–43].

J. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths, 1991), pp. 59–63.



Treaties

International

Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 360 U.N.T.S. 117, 28 September 1954.

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 989 U.N.T.S. 175, 30 August 1961.

Soft Law

Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status

UNHCR, 'Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees', HCR/IP/4/Rev.1, 1979, paras. 101-105.

Nationality and Statelessness: A Handbook for Parliamentarians

UNHCR Inter-parliamentary Union, `Nationality and Statelessness: A Handbook for Parliamentarians`, (Switzerland: 2005).

UN General Assembly Resolution, A/RES/61/137

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN General Assembly Resolution, A/RES/61/137, 25 January 2007.

Conclusion on Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons

UNHCR EXCOM, ‘Conclusion on Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons’, Conclusion No. 106 (LVII) – 2006.

Readings

Core

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The Refugee in International Law

G. Goodwin-Gill and J. McAdam, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 67–70. [G. Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 41–43].

The Law of Refugee Status

J. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths, 1991), 59-63.