CZECHIA - January 2024

The aim of the below questions should not be to give an individual the impression that the interviewer is trying to determine whether they are telling the truth about their statelessness or lack of documentation, but rather to assist in identifying whether the person is stateless and where the proof of their statelessness may Statelessness in Czechia | January 2024 11 lie. [...] In the case of stateless people, the Asylum Act assesses the risk of persecution and serious harm in relation to the person’s last State of residence prior to their arrival in Czechia and where they have established ties.49 The Asylum Act does not define a stateless person, so the 1954 Convention definition applies. [...] In the case of same-sex couples, only one parent can be listed on the birth certificate, and in the case of children born through surrogacy, only the surrogate mother is listed as a parent on the birth certificate.56 A nationality determination procedure is a way for a person who is a national of a particular country to obtain confirmation of the fact of their nationality. [...] For children of migrants, the procedure should entail consideration of the laws and practice of the authorities of the parents’ country(ies) of nationality, as well as of the child’s country of birth. [...] In this case, the parents must prove that the child has not become stateless only because the parent failed, without serious reasons, to take necessary steps before the authorities of their country of nationality to ensure that the child obtains that nationality.59 This approach does not align with the 1961 Convention as it contradicts the principle of non-discrimination and the primary goal of pr.