A/HRC/38/52 Contents Page I. Activities of the Special Rapporteur ............................................................................................. 3 A. Country visits ........................................................................................................................ 3 B. Other activities ...................................................................................................................... 3 II. Racial discrimination in the context of citizenship, nationality and immigration status ............... 3 III. Prohibition of racial discrimination on the basis of citizenship, nationality and immigration status under international human rights law .................................................................................. 6 A. Overview of the applicable international legal framework ................................................... 6 B. Right to nationality and the reduction/prevention of statelessness ....................................... 8 C. Importance of an intersectional approach to racial discrimination and related intolerance ................................................................................................................. 9 Contemporary drivers and manifestations of racial discrimination in citizenship, nationality and immigration laws, policies and practices ................................................................................ 12 A. Ethno-nationalism ................................................................................................................. 12 B. National security machinery and anxiety .............................................................................. 17 C. Economic scapegoating of non-citizens ................................................................................ 18 Conclusion and recommendations ................................................................................................. 19 IV. V. 2