List of Tables Table 1 Breakdown of research activities according to month 11 Table 2 Breakdown of desk review according to source type 12 Table 3 Number of interviews conducted 14 Table 4 Breakdown of academic articles according to language, source type, and region 21 Table 5 Breakdown of academic articles based on categories of statelessness in Peninsular Malaysia 21 Table 6 Provisions on the right to nationality across all the relevant international treaties besides the 1945 Convention and 1961 Convention 48 Table 7 Citizenship by operation of law provisions in the Federal Constitution based on whether one was born before or after Malaysia Day as well as within or outside the Federation 54 Table 8 Citizenship by registration provisions under Articles 15, 15A, 16, and 16A 58 Table 9 Grounds for deprivation of citizenship for citizens by registration or naturalisation under Articles 24, 25, and 26 64 Table 10 Required documents for normal and late domestic birth registrations in Peninsular Malaysia 98 Table 11 Display of rights for each type of identity card 109 Table 12 Human rights themes used in coding and how it corresponds to the UDHR and Federal Constitution 117 Table 13 Findings surrounding the circumstances leading to statelessness, broken down into main themes and corresponding (more detailed) subthemes 119 Table 14 The citizenship application forms available on JPN’s website along with the application conditions 147 xv