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Convention relating to
the Status of Stateless Persons, New York 1954
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The Convention relating to the Status of Stateless
1954 ("the Convention") was concluded in New York
September 1954 and entered into force on 6 June 1960
at Annex A)
keeping with the Charter of the
United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, which affirms the principle that human beings shall
enjoy
fundamental
rights
and
freedoms
without
discrimination, the Convention aims to regulate and improve
the condition of stateless persons.
2.
A stateless person is a person who is not
considered as а national by any State under the operation
of its law (Article 1). Contracting States shall apply the
provisions of the Convention to such a person without
discrimination as to race,
(Article
3).
religion or country of origin
It is provided that stateless persons shall
receive treatment at least as favourable as that accorded
nationals in respect of: freedom of religion and freedom
as regards the religious education of their children
to
(Article
4), artistic rights and industrial property
(Article
14), access to courts including legal assistance
(Article 16), rationing of products in short supply
(Article 20),
public education (Article 22), public relief
and assistance (Article 23), labour legislation and social
security (Article 24), and fiscal charges (Article 29).
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