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UK CRC sumbmission Publications

Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the 88th Pre-Sessional Working Group - United Kingdom

This submission to the 88th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the right of every child to acquire and…
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Literature review and mapping study: Risks of statelessness among the children of refugees in Europe

Evidence from our work has highlighted barriers to birth registration, as well as gaps in nationality laws and problems with how legal safeguards to…
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Report cover: Birth registration and the prevention of statelessness in Europe Publications

Birth registration and the prevention of statelessness in Europe: identifying good practices and remaining barriers

Birth registration is a key way to prevent statelessness and ensure every child can acquire a nationality. Yet, some children in Europe still face…
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No child should be stateless Publications

No child should be stateless: Ensuring the right to a nationality for children in migration in Europe

Despite obligations for all European States to fulfil every child’s right to acquire a nationality, current legislation and practice means that…
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No child should be stateless - Austria Publications

No Child Should be Stateless in Austria

This new report by the European Network on Statelessness, DLA Piper, and Diakonie Fluchtlingsdienst sheds light on the issue of childhood…
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Birth registration infographic Publications

Birth registration and statelessness

Most, but not all of us, have had our births registered. The lack of birth registration is not the same as statelessness, yet it heightens the risk…
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Why do children become stateless? Publications

Why do children become stateless?

Children get their nationality through different types of connections they have with a country. But sometime their right to a nationality is denied…
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What does it mean to be stateless? - Infographic Publications

What does it mean to be stateless?

Have you ever wondered what exactly does it mean to be stateless? This ENS infographic explains what it's like to grow up in Europe without a…
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Ending Childhood Statelessness – A Comparative Study of Safeguards to Ensure the Right to a Nationality for Children Born in Europe

The working paper complements our 2015 report No Child Should Be Stateless by providing deeper analysis of the nationality laws of 45 European…
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Civil Society Submission on the right of every child to acquire a nationality under Article 7 CRC - Serbia

Submission by Praxis, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion and the European Network on Statelessness, to the Committee on the Rights of the…
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Civil Society Submission on the right of every child to acquire a nationality under Article 7 CRC - Estonia

This civil society submission by the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion and the European Network on Statelessness highlights problems in the…
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No Child Should be Stateless Publications

No Child Should be Stateless

The European Network on Statelessness has published a new report “No Child Should be Stateless” as part of its ongoing campaign seeking to end…
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