Everything you need to know about statelessness

"I am here, I belong."

Usually, when we meet new people, especially in an unknown environment for us, we often feel shy and uncomfortable, be it a work-related or a…

Tackling statelessness in Europe: actions, reflections & new ENS materials

Join un for the launch of new ENS toolkit on Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention accompanied by exhibition of Greg Constantine's…

Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention in the Netherlands

ENS report “Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention in the Netherlands” is the first in a series of country reports highlighting the…

Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention in the Netherlands

Evidence shows that detention of stateless people is a worrying trend across Europe. Against this backdrop, the European Network on Statelessness…

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…

Statelessness in Africa: the scale of the challenge and the opportunities for leadership

How do the contours of statelessness vary from continent to continent?  To what extent is the nature of statelessness directly tied to the nature of…

Raising statelessness higher up the EU’s agenda – Greg Constantine’s award-winning exhibition “Nowhere people” opens in Luxembourg

“There are no words to describe what it feels like to leave behind my years of non-existence, be allowed to come alive again, have an identity and…

No nationality, no rights – Statelessness affecting Dominicans of Haitian descent

Two years ago the Dominican Constitutional Court judgement 168/13 deprived hundreds of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent of their…

Realising the right of every child to a nationality through the Convention on the Rights of the Child

When talking about how to end childhood statelessness in Europe, we often jump straight to the special standards that are contained in the 1961…

Using the UN Human Rights Special Procedures to address statelessness

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have not to date made as much use as they could of the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures to raise and…

No child should be stateless – It’s simple, solvable and time to make sure that no child is!

Why are children still being born in stateless in Europe in 2015? Why, when this stands at odds with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and a…

ENS launches its new report "No Child Should be Stateless"

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