Statelessness in Philippine Law: Expanding Horizons of the International Stateless Person Protection Regime
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Statelessness in Philippine Law: Expanding
Horizons of the International Stateless
Person Protection Regime
Francis Tom Temprosa*
I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................29
II. STATELESSNESS IS GLOCAL ..........................................31
A. A Global Phenomenon
B. A Local Phenomenon
III. RIGHT TO NATIONALITY AND THE PROTECTION OF STATELESS
PERSONS: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PHILIPPINE LAW BASES..................43
A. Right to Nationality in International Law
B. Right to Nationality in Philippine Law
IV. DOMESTIC LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON STATELESSNESS IN RELATION TO
CITIZENSHIP ......................................................63
A. Laws Pertaining to Stateless Persons
B. Issuances, Regulations, and Administrative Orders
C. Jurisprudence on Statelessness
V. CONCLUSION .....................................................79
I. INTRODUCTION
The right to a nationality is established in international human rights
instruments and in the local laws of many jurisdictions around the world.
Under Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),
every person has such a right, and no one should be arbitrarily deprived of
his or her nationality nor denied the right to change [the same.]' The
* 'ro J.D., with honors, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law. The Author
is a former staff member and statelessness focal point of the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He is currently a faculty
member of the Department of International Studies of the College of International,
Humanitarian, and Development Studies of Mirian College. He is a regular
contributor to the Asian Yearbook of International Law. The Author has
contributed his work to the following books: Violence, Exploitation, and Abuse and
Discrimination in Migration Affecting Women and Children in ASEAN: A Baseline Study
published by the Human Rights Resource Centre for the ASEAN and Disaster-
Induced Internal Displacement in the Philippines published by the Internal Displacement
Monitoring Centre (Norwegian Refugee Council).
Cite as 58 ATENEO L.J. 29 (2013).
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