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	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		A stateless person 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 stateless persons 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 stateless person 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.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/instree/w3cssp.htm (2768 words)

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		Statelessness is often caused by the failure of a state to recognize as a legal matter the genuine connections that a person has with the state.
		Stateless persons are to be granted the same rights of access to courts, elementary education, and freedom of religion that the country extends to its nationals.
		In addition, stateless persons are to have freedom of residence, subject to the same restrictions generally applicable to aliens.20 Stateless persons are generally obliged to follow the laws and regulations of their country of residence.
	www.osi.hu /fmp/html/build_intro.html (4612 words)

	Law on Citizenship - Legislationline - free online legislation database
		A person born in the territory of Ukraine, of parents with either of the parents having the refugee status or granted asylum in Ukraine, and if that persons did not acquire either parent's citizenship or acquired the citizenship of the parent having the refugee status or asylum in Ukraine, shall be a citizen of Ukraine.
		Persons indicated in Section 1 of this Article 8, being foreigners, shall terminate their foreign citizenship and produce a document attesting to the fact, issued by a given foreign country's competent authority, submitting it to the registering authority within a year from the date of registration as citizens of Ukraine.
		A minor being a stateless person or foreigner and adopted by a married couple with either of the spouses being a citizen of Ukraine and the other a foreigner, shall become a citizen of Ukraine from the date of the deed of adoption, regardless of whether that minor permanently resides in Ukraine or abroad.
	www.legislationline.org /legislation.php?tid=11&lid=3847 (4284 words)

	Citizenship
		Persons, who reside in the territory of Ukraine and are not citizens of Ukraine and have no proof of their affiliation to citizenship of a foreign state, shall be considered as stateless persons.
		In case of establishing paternity of a child whose mother is a stateless person while his/her father is recognized as a citizen of Ukraine, the child, who has not attained the age of 16, shall become a citizen of Ukraine regardless of the place of his/her birth.
		A child born on the territory of Ukraine of stateless persons residing permanently in Ukraine shall be a citizen of Ukraine.
	www.ukrchicago.com /consular/english/citizenship_en.html (2851 words)

	OHCHR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		With regard to exceptional measures which may be taken against the person, property or interests of nationals or former nationals of a foreign State, the Contracting States shall not apply such measures to a stateless person solely on account of his having previously possessed the nationality of the foreign State in question.
		The right to compensation for the death of a stateless person resulting from employment injury or from occupational disease shall not be affected by the fact that the residence of the beneficiary is outside the territory of the Contracting State.
		Except where compelling reasons of national security otherwise require, the stateless person shall be allowed to submit evidence to clear himself, and to appeal to and be represented for the purpose before competent authority or a person or persons specially designated by the competent authority.
	www.unhchr.ch /html/menu3/b/o_c_sp.htm (2794 words)

	CITES BY TOPIC: stateless person (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Once it is established that a person is de jure stateless, he/she keeps this status until he/she acquires nationality in some country.
		he/she renounces, in a sworn statement, the protection and assistance of the government of the country of which he/she is a national and declares he/she is stateless.
		He is therefore "stateless" for purposes of § 1332(a)(3).
	famguardian.org /TaxFreedom/CitesByTopic/StatelessPerson.htm (1652 words)

	Issues In Global Education - Statelessness in a Global World, Two Incidents
		Statelessness is not only a source of human insecurity and a cause of forced displacement, but may also pose a threat to national and regional stability.
		Under international law, a stateless person is one "who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law." (Article 1, 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons).
		While de jure statelessness may not have been a great problem, the application of the principle of legal continuity threatened to create a problem of de facto statelessness for the hundreds of thousands of people who were living outside of the republic of which they were now citizens.
	www.globaled.org /issues/153/a.html (2082 words)

	Ügy leírása (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Each Contracting State shall accord to stateless persons lawfully staying in their territory who hold diplomas recognized by the competend 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.
		The right to compensation for the death of a stateless person resulting from employment injury or from occupational discase shall not be affected by the fact that the residence of the beneficiary is outside the territory of the Contracting State.
		When a stateless person has lawfully taken up residence in the territory of another Contracting State, the responsability for the issue of a new document, under the terms and conditions of article 28 shall be that of the competent authority of the territory, to which the stateless person shall be entitled to apply.
	www.b-m.hu /proba/bmtvtev.nsf/tipus/CB7BD68725CC11D7C1256B81003DEEFD (7134 words)

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		A stateless person is legally defined in the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons as `a person who is not considered as a national by an State under the operation of its law'.
		A person who remains the national of a country but who is refused protection by its government is a de facto stateless person.
		Stateless persons were assisted by the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 1954 and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961.
	www.fmreview.org /rpn189.htm (826 words)

	LAW ON LEGAL STATUS OF FOREIGN CITIZENS AND STATELESS PERSONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Foreign citizens and stateless persons temporarily arrived to the Republic of Moldova have the right to be domiciled in the Republic of Moldova in accordance with the legislation in force.
		Foreign citizens and stateless persons can not be appointed to a position or be engaged in an activity for which in conformity with the legislation in force the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova is required.
		Foreign citizens and stateless persons who are domiciled in the Republic of Moldova have the right on the common grounds with citizens of the Republic of Moldova to join the diverse cultural, scientific and sport societies, cooperative organisations and production associations if their statutes do not envisage the something different.
	www.unhcr.md /article/legstat.htm (1388 words)

	Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
		The Contracting States shall accord to stateless persons within their territories treatment at least as favorable as that accorded to their nationals with respect to freedom to practice their religion and freedom as regards the religious education of their children.
		The Contracting States shall accord to stateless persons lawfully staying in their territory treatment as favorable as possible and, in any event, not less favorable that that accorded to aliens generally in the same circumstances, as regards the right to engage in wage-earning employment.
		Each Contracting State shall accord to stateless persons lawfully staying in their territory who hold diplomas recognized by the competent authorities of that State, and who are desirous of practicing a liberal profession, treatment as favorable as possible and, in any event, not less favorable than that accorded to aliens generally in the same circumstances.
	www.lawphil.net /international/treaties/conv_nonum_1954.html (2804 words)

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		If an alien or a stateless person enters into a marriage with an alien or a stateless person who is residing in Latvia with a temporary residence permit, the spouse may request a temporary residence permit for a period equal to the period of the temporary residence permit of the other spouse.
		Aliens and stateless persons who reside abroad and submit their applications for residence permits in foreign states, may not appeal a decision or an order regarding a refusal of a residence permit to a court.
		Persons who are arrested and held under guard in State police institutions shall be held in specially equipped premises, moreover, separated from persons being held under suspicion of having committed a crime.
	www.ttc.lv /New/lv/tulkojumi/E0039.doc (3161 words)

	Law "On the Entry and Residence of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Republic of Latvia"
		Persons, who have received temporary residence permits on the basis of Article 17, Paragraph 2 of this law and for whom the permit term has expired, have the right to request a new temporary residence permit in accordance with general procedures.
		Foreign citizens and stateless persons who reside abroad, and submit abroad the application for receiving the residence permit, may not appeal to the court the decision or decree on refusal of the residence permit.
		If a person is employed without a residence permit in a job for which payment is anticipated, or for which he/she is entitled to receive payment, then the residence permit is annulled and the employer shall be liable according to law.
	www.humanrights.lv /doc/latlik/resperm.htm (4425 words)

	Youth Advocate Program International
		Stateless children are not allowed to enroll in public funded schools in many countries, and in other countries they are forced to pay for schooling which is free to children able to prove citizenship.
		Stateless children are not able to obtain passports without proof of residence, and if they leave their country of residence they may not be able to return without proof of citizenship.
		A stateless child, without official documents, may be prosecuted for a crime as an adult.
	www.yapi.org /stateless (1303 words)

	MINELRES - Minority related national legislation - Croatia - Citizenship
		The child who is a foreign citizen or is a stateless person, shall acquire Croatian citizenship by origin, if, according to the provisions of a special Law, he or she was adopted with kinship legal effect by Croatian citizens.
		Persons born in the Republic of Croatia shall be registered in the Register of Citizenship kept by the Registrar's Office of the municipality in which the place of birth of that person is.
		Persons born abroad shall be registered in the Register of Citizenship kept by the Registrar's Office of the Municipality in which the person filing the petition for the acquisition or termination of Croatian citizenship resides.
	www.minelres.lv /NationalLegislation/Croatia/Croatia_Citizenship_English.htm (2399 words)

	THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
		Stateless persons by definition as well as convention likewise are directly affiliated to international law "via "international instruments" defining war crimes inter alia " and thus can and must avail themselves of the ICJ for judicial redress of international grievances.
		Stateless Persons Are Equally Subjects of International Law As noted in the foregoing background facts leading to this petition, your applicant is legally stateless, having expatriated himself in 1948.
		The legitimacy of the status of statelessness itself, however, was recognized by the Convention Relative to the Status of Stateless Persons of September 23, 1954 and adopted September 28, 1954 by an ECOSOC Conference of Plenipotentiaries.
	www.worldservice.org /intcourt.html (5448 words)

	Stateless
		Statelessness may be created in these circumstances where the woman does not receive the nationality of her husband or where her husband has no nationality.
		Statelessness may also be created if, after receiving the nationality of her husband, the marriage is dissolved and the woman loses the nationality acquired by marriage but does not automatically regain her original nationality.
		Statelessness not only results in disastrous legal consequences for the individual and creates a source of tension between States in their international relations but it is also a human problem with human issues and realities.
	www.knowledge-basket.co.nz /refugee/Michael.html (12107 words)

	Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
		As regards non-political and non-profit-making associations and trade unions the Contracting States shall accord to stateless persons lawfully staying in their territory treatment as favourable as possible, and in any event, not less favourable than that accorded to aliens generally in the same circumstances.
		The authority or authorities mentioned in paragraph 1 shall deliver or cause to be delivered under their supervision to stateless persons such documents or certifications as would normally be delivered to aliens by or through their national authorities.
		The Contracting States shall not impose upon stateless persons duties, charges or taxes, of any description whatsoever, other or higher than those which are or may be levied on their nationals in similar situations.
	www.ohchr.org /english/law/stateless.htm (2805 words)

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		stateless persons the same treatment as is accorded to aliens generally.
		stateless person and that the continuance of such measures is necessary in his case in the interests of national
		The personal status of a stateless person shall be governed by the law of the country of his domicile or, if he
	www.lnf.org.lb /migrationnetwork/unn3.html (1152 words)

	U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright Law
		(2) a person who performs the analysis or evaluation described in paragraph (1) to incorporate the results of such conduct in an original mask work which is made to be distributed.
		The court shall also award such person the infringer's profits that are attributable to the infringement and are not taken into account in computing the award of actual damages.
		In establishing the infringer's profits, such person is required to present proof only of the infringer's gross revenue, and the infringer is required to prove his or her deductible expenses and the elements of profit attributable to factors other than the mask work.
	www.copyright.gov /title17/92chap9.html (3446 words)

	Refugees International: Publications: Stateless Report
		Yet statelessness continues to be a fundamental cause of discrimination, exploitation, and forced displacement in all regions of the world.
		Statelessness is a highly complex legal and often political issue with a disproportionate impact on women, children, and ethnically mixed families.
		Ultimately the prevention and reduction of statelessness contributes not only to the promotion of human rights, an improved quality of life for affected individuals, and increased overall human security, but it also aids in the reduction of forced displacement and refugee flows.
	www.refugeesinternational.org /section/publications/stateless_execsum (762 words)

	PDHRE: Refugees
		States shall accord to stateless persons within their territories treatment at least as favourable as that accorded to...
		State shall grant its nationality to a person born in its territory who would otherwise be stateless...; shall grant its nationality to a person, not born in the territory...
		Governments are urged to address the root causes of movements of refugees and displaced persons by taking appropriate measures, particularly with respect to conflict resolution; the promotion of peace and reconciliation; respect for human rights, including those of persons belonging to minorities; respect for independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of States.
	www.pdhre.org /rights/refugees.html (2019 words)

	Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China - ChinaLawyers.com
		Any work of a foreigner or stateless person which is eligible to enjoy copyright under an agreement concluded between the country to which the foreigner belongs or in which he has habitual residence and China, or under an internationa1 treaty to which both countries are party, shall be protected in accordance with this Law.
		Works of foreigners or stateless persons first published in the territory of the People's Republic of China shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law.
		The person so authorized who exploits the work in the way referred to in the preceding paragraphs (3) to (6) shall obtain permission from, and pay remuneration to, the copyright owner.
	www.chinalawyers.com /laws-regulations/copyright-law-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china.html (4520 words)

	Par 1954.gada 28.septembra Konvenciju par bezvalstnieka statusu
		The Contracting States shall give sympathetic consideration to renewing or extending the validity of travel documents or issuing new documents to stateless persons no longer lawfully resident in their territory who are unable to obtain a travel document from the country of their lawful residence.
		The competent authorities of the country to which the stateless person desires to proceed shall, if they are prepared to admit him and if a visa is required, affix a visa on the document of which he is the holder.
		When a stateless person has lawfully taken up residence in the territory of another Contracting State, the responsibility for the issue of a new document, under the terms and conditions of article 28 shall be that of the competent authority of that territory, to which the stateless person shall be entitled to apply.
	www.likumi.lv /doc.php?id=16113 (6737 words)

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