Human Rights And Statelessness I N P E N I N S U L AR M AL AYS I A i. ii. iii. the review of citizenship laws and other related laws and policies, with a view to incorporating a human rights focus, addressing in particular the problems faced by the stateless people regarding their right to nationality; the formulation of strategies and plans of action with the aim of protecting and promoting stateless people’s right to nationality as an integral part of the protection and promotion of their other human rights, particularly their economic, social and cultural rights; and the direct and indirect implications (with an intent focus on the benefits) of acceding to relevant international human rights instruments including but not limited to the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, as well as the ICCPR, ICERD and ICESCR. 1.5 Research duration This research project was conducted within a period of under nine months, partitioned into three phases to ensure an exhaustive process of data collection, research, and analysis. It was conducted through three different modes – remotely (primarily for desk review), online, and in-person. The breakdown for how the period of research was spent can be found in Table 1. Based on guidelines provided from the Malaysian Ministry of Health1, COVID-19 protocols were put into place for the physical data collection, which included routine testing for all research team members who were meeting participants, provision of free testing kits to members of the research team as well as participants, strict masking, vaccinations, ensuring good ventilation during data collection through a preference for outdoor venues, and adherence to physical distancing and capacitycapping measures when indoors. 1 To view the comprehensive list of these protocols, please visit the Ministry of Health website here: https://covid-19.moh.gov.my/garis-panduan/garis-panduan-kkm 10