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In pursuit of solutions for the stateless
In pursuit of solutions was the theme of last week’s 2015 UNHCR NGO Consultations, a focus that perfectly captures the motivation behind UNHCR’s #…
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Using the UPR to address statelessness
The United Nations Human Rights Council has a system of 'Universal Periodic Review' (UPR) which covers all member states of the UN. This means that…
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The right to a legal identity or the right to a legal ID?
Proposed target 16.9 of the soon-to-be-adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reads: Provide legal identity to all, including birth…
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What (more) can the EU do to help address statelessness in its external human rights action?
As international interest in tackling statelessness grows, a question that repeatedly surfaces is: what role can X organisation, Y country or even Z…
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Equal Nationality Rights: It’s Time to End Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws
“Please, can you explain to me, because I don’t understand. Why is there this discrimination? Why do they differentiate between men and women? I don…
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What should the European Union do about the mass and arbitrary deprivation of nationality in the Dominican Republic?
Tens of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent born in the Dominican Republic were rendered stateless by a ruling of the Constitutional Court in…
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Litigating for the stateless – a bumpy, but steady road upwards
Ever wonder why there are so few cases on statelessness before international supervisory bodies and regional courts? The task of browsing through…
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More than a photo op – an opportunity for advocacy with governments on accession
Complaints about the low number of States that are party to the UN statelessness conventions have been a constant feature of international…
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A Government Approach to Moving Statelessness Forward on the International Agenda
The last ENS blog entry dealt with the emergence of the issue of statelessness on the international agenda. Following this approach my contribution…
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Engaging the Human Rights World on Statelessness
2013 has crept up on us as all New Years do; too soon, with too much work undone and with too many problems of the previous year left unresolved.…
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Statelessness in Sweden - changes ahead?
Sweden was one out of only four countries that pledged during the 2011 UNHCR Ministerial Meeting to address statelessness through foreign policy (…
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