Introduction Alice Edwards and Laura van Waas; 1. The meaning of nationality in international law: substantive and procedural aspects Alice Edwards; 2. Statelessness and citizenship in ethical and political perspective Matthew J. Gibney; 3. The UN Statelessness Conventions Laura van Waas; 4. UNHCR's mandate and activities to address statelessness Mark Manly; 5. The determination of statelessness and the establishment of statelessness-specific protection regimes Gábor Gyulai; 6. Children, their right to nationality and child statelessness Gerard-René de Groot; 7. Women, nationality and statelessness: the problem of unequal rights Radha Govil and Alice Edwards; 8. Deprivation of nationality: limitations on rendering persons stateless under international law Jorunn Brandvoll; 9. State succession and issues of nationality and statelessness Inete Ziemele; 10. The nexus between statelessness and migration Sophie Nonnenmacher and Ryszard Cholewinski; 11. More or less secure? Nationality questions, deportation and dual nationality Kim Rubenstein and Niamh Lenagh-Maguire.