This handbook takes a closer look at the issue of statelessness and its relationship with the concept of nationality. It first sets out the international legal framework, including the 1954 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Person, which addresses statelessness, and then sets out the international human rights and regional treaties that inform the legal concept of nationality. Next it discusses how to identify stateless persons, including the standards of evidence and minimum standards of procedural fairness, as well as the best way to protect stateless persons.

This is an extract from an Al-Raida quarterly journal issue focusing on citizenship and gender in the Arab world. This extract is a fact sheet on nationality laws throughout the Arab world. The information in this fact sheet is drawn from Freedom House country profiles.

These extracts are from an Al-Raida quarterly journal issue focusing on citizenship and gender in the Arab world. The brief editorial offers a broad overview of the subject. The longer extracted chapter, "Gender and Citizenship in the Arab World," introduces the concepts of dependent and independent citizenship rights in the context of the complex web of loyalties often present in the Arab world.

This paper appears as chapter 3 of International IDEA’s publication A Practical Guide to Constitution Building. This paper focuses on the development of a human rights culture, defined as a culture in which society values human rights to the extent that most, if not all, official decisions aim to maximize these rights. The paper discusses how this culture is shaped by the constitution-building stage, by type of process used to frame the constitution, and the nature or type of the constitution. Next, the paper addresses building a human rights culture in a conflict affected state.

This primer explores the use of limatations clauses in constitutions, including their purpose, options for formulation, and considerations in their design and use.

This is a mapping of constitutional provisions related to gender equality in Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

This is a mapping of constitutional provisions related to gender equality in Europe and North America.

This is a mapping of constitutional provisions related to gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This is a mapping of constitutional provisions related to gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa.

This is a mapping of constitutional provisions related to gender equality in Africa.