Nationality

Nationality is the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, defined as a group of people organized in one country, under one legal jurisdiction, or a group of people who are united by a common culture, history, traditions, and awareness of a common origin.

In international law, a stateless person is someone who is "not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law". Some stateless people are also refugees. However, not all refugees are stateless, and many people who are stateless have never crossed an international border. At the end of 2022, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees published an estimation of 4.4 million people worldwide as either stateless or of undetermined nationality, which is 90,800 (or 2%) more than at the end of 2021. However, the data itself is not complete because UNHCR does not have data

person not having citizenship in a country

simultaneous citizenship of multiple countries by the same person

thumb|Expatriate French voters queue in Lausanne, [[Switzerland, for the first round of the presidential election of 2007.]]

right under international law of a sovereign state to take action to protect its citizens

concept in international law

human right