1. Statelessness and children
10 March 2016 | Scalabrini Centre | Cape Town

2. A stateless person is someone who
‘is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its laws.’
Article 1(1) of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

3. International Law
Birth Registration
Nationality
Statelessness

4. Births and Deaths Registration Act & Regulations
National Law
Constitution
Citizenship Act
Births and Deaths Registration Act & Regulations
Immigration Act
Refugees Act
Children’s Act

5. CASE STUDY

6. Ongoing actions LHR statelessness project Statelessness Network
South African government’s pledge in 2011
And in November 2012 and November 2015
Campaigns and ongoing actions