There are several international instruments dealing with nationality, statelessness, asylum and refugees. Some of the most prominent amongst these include:
- Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
- Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
- Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
- Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession
- Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
- Declaration on Territorial Asylum
- Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live
- European Convention on Nationality
- Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement