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Executive Summary

Nationality: A Fundamental Human Right

No Right to Reside: Conditions that Create Statelessness

No Country to Call Home: The Scope of Statelessness

Whose Job Is It Anyway? UNHCR’s Second Mandate

“Citizen, Third Class”: Findings from RI’s Statelessness Project

Global Review of Statelessness

Conclusion and Recommendations

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Appendix A

Appendix B

Acknowledgments