HANG TUAH LAW JOURNAL Volume 6 Issue 2. October 2022, 144-153 144 Legal Protection of Stateless Person in Indonesia: Human Rights Dimensions Muhammad Ibnu Abil 1  , Daffa Dzaky Adi Shaka 2 , Muhammad Aryaguna Penan 3 , Mehmet Enes Deligöz 4 Article Abstract Keywords: Human Rights; Legal Protection; Stateless Person Article History Received: Nov 13, 2022; Reviewed: Dec 14, 2022; Accepted: Dec 15, 2022; Published: Dec 15, 2022; Stateless people become refugees to go to other countries and settle in that country. causing various problems, from domestic violence to the problem of protecting human rights. This paper aims to discuss legal protection for stateless persons in Indonesian law based on human rights dimensions. This study uses normative research methods with statutory and conceptual approaches. The findings of this study are that Indonesia has not ratified the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, so there is no obligation to accept refugees. Because the Citizenship Law emphasizes that basically it does not recognize Stateless. However, Indonesia has ratified various international agreements, so it must protect and accommodate refugees according to these agreements. In addition, stateless people also have the right to acquire Indonesian citizenship but must meet the requirements set out in the Citizenship Law. Copyright ©2022 by Author(s); This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. All writings published in this journal are personal views of the authors and do not represent the views of this journal and the author's affiliated institutions. (How to Cite: “Abil, M. I., Shaka, D. D. A., Penan, M. A., Deligöz, M. E. (2022). Legal Protection of Stateless Person in Indonesia: Human Rights Dimensions. Hang Tuah Law Journal, 6(2), 144–153. https://doi.org/10.30649/htlj.v6i2.112“) Introduction Human rights are one of the instruments to protect the rights of every human being. The implementation of human rights is not limited to space and time because human beings need protection wherever they exist. Thus, human rights became the fundamental right of every human being to fight for his life (Etzioni, 2010). Human rights are basic rights or basic rights that are brought by humans from birth which are inherent in every human being and cannot be contested because they are gifts from God Almighty, or it can be said that human rights are respect for the degree and dignity of human beings which are recognition the real thing is that humans are humans (Soeryabrata, 2017). Through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which was held in 1948, it has shown the intention of the nations to fight for every right and position of 1,2,3 D4 Immigration Law, Immigration Polytechnic, Indonesia 4 Faculty of International Relations, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi , Turkey  Correspondence: Muhammad Ibnu Abil, D4 Immigration Law, Immigration Polytechnic, Jalan Raya Gandul Cinere No. 4, City of Depok, 16514, Indonesia. E-mail: muhibnuabil@gmail.com HANG TUAH LAW JOURNAL Volume 6 Issue 2 October 2022