ENS Statelessness Index Survey 2020: Italy Contents Contents ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 International and Regional Instruments ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1954 Convention ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1961 Convention ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Other conventions ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Stateless Population Data ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Availability and sources ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Stateless in detention data .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Statelessness Determination and Status ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Definition of a stateless person ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Training ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Existence of a dedicated SDP ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Access to procedure (Group 1) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Assessment (Group 1) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Procedural safeguards (Group 1) .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Protection during SDP (Group 1) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Appeals (Group 1)...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Stateless status (Group 1) ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Access to nationality (Group 1) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Detention ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Detention screening .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Alternatives to detention .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Procedural safeguards ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Protections on release ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Return and readmission agreements ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Prevention and Reduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Stateless born on territory ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Foundlings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Adoption .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Ius sanguinis .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Birth registration ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Reduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Deprivation of nationality ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Resources 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