United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), The UN Refugee Agency
9 February 2010 (EC/61/SC/CRP.5)
English
Birth Registration: A Topic Proposed for an Executive Committee Conclusion on International Protection, UNHCR Standing Committee, 9 February 2010 (EC/61/SC/CRP.5)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), The UN Refugee Agency
LPPR/2010/01, April 2010
English
Massey, Hugh: UNHCR and De Facto Statelessness, LPPR/2010/01, April 2010, UNHCR
INTRODUCTION
UNHCR has had a mandate for stateless persons ever since the Office was established in 1950. Originally, that mandate only extended to stateless persons who are refugees. As discussed in Part I below, refugees who do not have a nationality at all are “de jure stateless”, whereas refugees who do have a nationality are “de facto stateless”. However, whereas all refugees are stateless, many stateless persons are not refugees.1