A1954 Convention travel document is atravel document, unlike aStateless travel document (stateless person by a signatory to the1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons), issued to a person in circumstances of any difficulties in gaining a travel document from their country of origin.[1] The cover bears the wordstravel document inEnglish andFrench (and often in the language of the issuing state) along with the date of the convention, but does not bear the two stripes appearing in the upper left corner of the front cover ofrefugee travel documents. However, some countries, such as Australia and Japan, issue stateless persons travel documents with other names such as Certificate of Identity or Re-entry Permit, etc., regardless of whether the country is a contracting state of 1954 Convention.[2][3]
[T]he Convention also provides for the issuance of travel documents, this time to stateless persons who are lawfully staying in the territory of a contracting state. The so-called Convention Travel Document (CTD) is designed to function in lieu of a passport—a document that is generally unavailable to stateless persons since it is usually issued by the country of nationality.
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