Everything you need to know about statelessness

A State of Less

When you are stateless, you live your whole life in limbo, from the day you were born until the day you die.

The silent truth about stateless people in Poland

In Poland, statelessness is a small problem. So small in fact, that it's easy to ignore. Government sources provide diverging statistics on the…

Stateless Syrians in Europe: Navigating the “Knowledge Gap”

Over the last two years, I have participated in the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI)’s…

Colombia acts to ensure children born to Venezuelan parents are not left stateless - but there’s still room for improvement

Venezuela is currently going through a political, economic, social, institutional, and human rights crisis — causing millions of people to leave.…

ENS blog is going on holiday

ENS blog will be taking a short summer break and will be back in September. To get your fill of nationality and statelessness updates in the…

Join the feminist revolution in work to address statelessness

When black feminist theory was referenced on the podium at the closing plenary of the World Conference on Statelessness in the Hague last month, a…

Setting a blueprint for overcoming statelessness in Russia and Ukraine

Almost three decades have passed since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the subsequent proclamation of independence by the Russian Federation…

The Quito Process and the urgency to address the right to a nationality and statelessness in the Americas

The unprecedented number of migrants and refugees leaving Venezuela and moving throughout the American continent has put receiving countries’ legal…

Mr Bilali and the uncertain country of origin – statelessness and subsidiary protection in the CJEU case of Bilali C-720/17

What does the case of Bilali in the Court of Justice of the European Union tell us about the responsibility of states to deal appropriately and…

A visit to Lebanon

Initially, I was hesitant when invited to jointly lead a session last week at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on building a network on…

Investor citizenship must not be used as a remedy for statelessness

When I started to look into the sale of passports a decade ago, there had been hardly any academic research on the topic. Yet with the increasing…

Statelessness and Sustainable Development at the 2019 High Level Political Forum: A moment for reflection

In July this year, UN Member States will come together to consider progress on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The 2030 Agenda, adopted by…