Stateless
adjective
Not recognized as a citizen by any country.
After fleeing his country, he became stateless and struggled to find refuge anywhere.

Often appears as...
- stateless person
- stateless population
adjective
In computing, refers to a system or function that does not store any information about previous executions.
APIs in a stateless server are independent and not reliant on data from previous requests.

Often appears as...
- stateless server
- stateless protocol
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Technical
adjective
Not recognized as a citizen by any country.
After fleeing his country, he became stateless and struggled to find refuge anywhere.

Often appears as...
- stateless person
- stateless population
adjective
In computing, refers to a system or function that does not store any information about previous executions.
APIs in a stateless server are independent and not reliant on data from previous requests.

Often appears as...
- stateless server
- stateless protocol
Usage tips
Technical
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Legal Plight
Stateless individuals often face legal challenges since they have no country to grant them rights or protection.

Stateless people might not have access to healthcare, education, or legal employment.
Humanitarian Issue
Being stateless can be a humanitarian concern as these individuals may lack basic human rights.

Humanitarian organizations often advocate for the rights of stateless individuals.
Travel Restrictions
Without a nationality, stateless people find it difficult to travel since they usually lack a passport.

Without a passport, a stateless individual couldn't board the international flight.
Legal Plight
Stateless individuals often face legal challenges since they have no country to grant them rights or protection.

Stateless people might not have access to healthcare, education, or legal employment.
Humanitarian Issue
Being stateless can be a humanitarian concern as these individuals may lack basic human rights.

Humanitarian organizations often advocate for the rights of stateless individuals.
Travel Restrictions
Without a nationality, stateless people find it difficult to travel since they usually lack a passport.

Without a passport, a stateless individual couldn't board the international flight.
Legal Plight
Stateless individuals often face legal challenges since they have no country to grant them rights or protection.

Stateless people might not have access to healthcare, education, or legal employment.
Humanitarian Issue
Being stateless can be a humanitarian concern as these individuals may lack basic human rights.

Humanitarian organizations often advocate for the rights of stateless individuals.
Travel Restrictions
Without a nationality, stateless people find it difficult to travel since they usually lack a passport.

Without a passport, a stateless individual couldn't board the international flight.
Video examples
Surviving a nuclear...
stateless somebody once said al Qaeda does not have a return address so if they attacked us with a nuclear weapon what's the response and to whom is the response and their retaliation proof since there is no real retribution possible that would make any difference since there are people willing to
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
and how to deal with brokenness, lay under the rubble for three and a half hours without rescue. Stateless. The guy who tried to help the stateless people his whole career. Like a refugee. Because he represents the U.N. If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one.
Video examples
Surviving a nuclear...
stateless somebody once said al Qaeda does not have a return address so if they attacked us with a nuclear weapon what's the response and to whom is the response and their retaliation proof since there is no real retribution possible that would make any difference since there are people willing to
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
and how to deal with brokenness, lay under the rubble for three and a half hours without rescue. Stateless. The guy who tried to help the stateless people his whole career. Like a refugee. Because he represents the U.N. If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one.
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Quote examples
Antonio Guterres
Portuguese Politician
Stateless people are hidden. During the 2011 refugee crises, it was obvious that people were fleeing Somalia and Libya - there was a lot of international attention. Statelessness goes undetected because stateless people are in legal limbo and are afraid to show up.

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Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistani Politician
If you will remember history correctly, even the Second World War was perpetrated by a stateless actor, by murdering the Prince Rudolf, if you remember. And so is the case with 9/11. It was a stateless actor which has made the world go to war.

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Patrick M. Byrne
American Businessman
The virtues of the blockchain is that it would be that it's peer-to-peer settlement - no centralized settlement, no manipulation... And most importantly, there's nothing to capture. It's consensus based. It's stateless.

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John Yoo
American Educator
Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva, but only recognizes that the U.S. faces a stateless enemy never contemplated by the Conventions.

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Antonio Guterres
Portuguese Politician
The governments of south Sudan must make sure that everybody will get a nationality - that nobody will become stateless because of this separation.

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Antonio Guterres
Portuguese Politician
Many countries do not allow women to convey their nationality to their children - if they are single mothers, the children become stateless.

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Morley Safer
Canadian Journalist
I really feel stateless, which is not bad, because I always felt a man without a country was not encumbered by narrow loyalties.

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Edward Snowden
American Activist
I have been made stateless and hounded for my act of political expression.

Quote examples
Antonio Guterres
Portuguese Politician
Stateless people are hidden. During the 2011 refugee crises, it was obvious that people were fleeing Somalia and Libya - there was a lot of international attention. Statelessness goes undetected because stateless people are in legal limbo and are afraid to show up.

Quote examples
Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistani Politician
If you will remember history correctly, even the Second World War was perpetrated by a stateless actor, by murdering the Prince Rudolf, if you remember. And so is the case with 9/11. It was a stateless actor which has made the world go to war.

Quote examples
Patrick M. Byrne
American Businessman
The virtues of the blockchain is that it would be that it's peer-to-peer settlement - no centralized settlement, no manipulation... And most importantly, there's nothing to capture. It's consensus based. It's stateless.

Quote examples
John Yoo
American Educator
Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva, but only recognizes that the U.S. faces a stateless enemy never contemplated by the Conventions.

Quote examples
Antonio Guterres
Portuguese Politician
The governments of south Sudan must make sure that everybody will get a nationality - that nobody will become stateless because of this separation.

Quote examples
Antonio Guterres
Portuguese Politician
Many countries do not allow women to convey their nationality to their children - if they are single mothers, the children become stateless.

Quote examples
Morley Safer
Canadian Journalist
I really feel stateless, which is not bad, because I always felt a man without a country was not encumbered by narrow loyalties.

Quote examples
Edward Snowden
American Activist
I have been made stateless and hounded for my act of political expression.

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