A stateless person is someone with no state or nationality, usually because the state that gave their previous nationality has ceased to exist and there is no successor state. A state is an organized political community occupying a definite territory, having an organized government, and possessing internal and external sovereignty. ... Nationality is, in English usage, a legal relationship existing between a person and a state. ...
While more common before the 20th century, when states were somewhat more fragile entities, on September 20, 1954 the United Nations adopted the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons: an active policy to prevent people becoming or remaining stateless. Despite this, there are still Kashmiri and Palestinian refugees who are claiming asylum due to statelessness, for example. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... The Palestinian flag, adopted in 1948, is a widely recognized modern symbol of the Palestinian people. ...
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UN Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (full text)
A statelessperson shall be accorded in the matters referred to in paragraph 2 in countries other than that in which he has his habitual residence the treatment granted to a national of the country of his habitual residence.
Each Contracting State shall accord to statelesspersons lawfully staying in their territory who hold diplomas recognized by the competent authorities of that State, and who are desirous of practising a liberal profession, treatment as favourable as possible and, in any event, not less favourable than that accorded to aliens generally in the same circumstances.
When the exercise of a right by a statelessperson would normally require the assistance of authorities of a foreign country to whom he cannot have recourse, the Contracting State in whose territory he is residing shall arrange that such assistance be afforded to him by their own authorities.
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