1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

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United Nations treaty human rights treaty international treaty multilateral treaty treaty on nationality law

The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness is a United Nations treaty that sets international rules to prevent and reduce statelessness, particularly by regulating how nationality is granted, retained, and withdrawn.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ human rights treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ treaty on nationality law ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Conference on the Elimination or Reduction of Future Statelessness NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedUnderAuspicesOf	United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptionDate	1961-08-30 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	prevent statelessness ⓘ reduce statelessness ⓘ regulate acquisition of nationality ⓘ regulate deprivation of nationality ⓘ regulate loss of nationality ⓘ
allows	deprivation of nationality on limited grounds such as fraud in acquisition of nationality ⓘ
articleCountApprox	21 ⓘ
category	United Nations human rights instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ treaty concluded in 1961 ⓘ treaty entered into force in 1975 ⓘ
complements	1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons NERFINISHED ⓘ
concludedIn	New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	avoidance of statelessness in cases of legitimation, recognition or adoption ⓘ avoidance of statelessness in cases of marriage or dissolution of marriage ⓘ avoidance of statelessness in cases of state succession ⓘ children born on a ship or aircraft ⓘ foundlings and children of unknown parents ⓘ non-discrimination in nationality matters ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1975-12-13 ⓘ
fullName	Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
monitoredBy	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn	1961-08-30 ⓘ
prohibits	deprivation of nationality if it would render a person stateless, subject to limited exceptions ⓘ
regionScope	worldwide ⓘ
requiresStatesTo	avoid loss of nationality if it would result in statelessness ⓘ grant nationality to persons who would otherwise be stateless and who were born in their territory ⓘ
restricts	arbitrary deprivation of nationality ⓘ
shortName	1961 Statelessness Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	human rights ⓘ nationality law ⓘ statelessness ⓘ
UNHCRMandate	assist states in the implementation of the convention ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British nationality law → subjectTo → 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness ⓘ

European conventions on nationality → influencedBy → 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness ⓘ