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Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in relation to State Succession

(CETS No. 200)

Open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe and the non-member States which have participated in its elaboration, in Strasbourg on 19 May 2006.

Entry into force : 1 May 2009.

Summary of the treaty

State succession can lead to the emergence of a large number of stateless persons. The treaty therefore builds upon the European Convention on Nationality (ETS No. 166) by developing more detailed rules to be applied by States with a view to preventing, or at least reducing to the extent possible, cases of statelessness arising from State succession.