Statelessness. From Definition to Manifestation

Statelessness is a special legal situation, manifested by the lack of a direct relationship between the citizen and the state. A stateless person is a person who, for various reasons, is not a national of any of the 195 states recognised by the United Nations. Since the adoption in 1954 of the Convention on Statelessness and up to the present day, when there are some twelve million stateless people in the world, international bodies have established several legal measures and mechanisms to support stateless persons. In this article, the author aims to make a summary of the international documents on statelessness and a qualitative analysis of the way in which the international provisions have been inserted into the Romanian legislation.