1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
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[edit] Preceding Events
The United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights were approved on 10 December 1948.
The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees was promulgated on 28 July [1951].
On 26 April 1954, ECOSOC adopted a Resolution to convene aConference of Plenipotentiaries to 'regulate and improve the status of stateless persons by an international agreement'.
The ensuing Conference adopted the Convention on 28 September 1954.
The Convention entered into force on 6 June 1960.
[edit] Substantive Content of Convention(summarised)
Article 1 The Convention applies to stateless persons under the protection of the UNHCR but not to those under the protection of other UN Agencies. It does not apply to persons with rights and obligations acknowledged by their country of residence as indistinguishable from those attached to the possession of that country's nationality. It does not apply to war criminals or to the perpetrators of crimes against humanity or against peace. It does not apply to those who have demonstrated themselves to have been enemies of international peace and co-operation.
Article 2
