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Barriers to citizenship facing stateless children born in the UK

Stateless children born in the UK have a right to register as British citizens after living here for a continuous period of five years. But various…
/ Solange Valdez-Symonds, PRCBC and Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK
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Victory in the Constitutional Court: #LockedInLimbo and the Pointless Detention of Stateless Persons in Russia

On 23 May 2017, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation issued a decision in the case of Noé Mskhiladze, which mandates strict judicial…
/ Stephania Kulaeva, Director of ADC Memorial
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#LockedinLimbo: The Continued Detention of Stateless Persons in the UK

On 4-5 May 2017, myself and two colleagues from Duncan Lewis had the privilege of joining a delegation of over a hundred and twenty people - lawyers…
/ Lewis Kett, Solicitor in the Public Law team at Duncan Lewis Solicitors
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Unlocking limbo: how a culture change and the application of existing norms can reduce arbitrary detention

Seven years is a very long time. In the last seven years, many things have happened in my life that have shaped me in ways I cannot begin to grasp.…
/ Amal de Chickera, Co-Director of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
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Why we need a strong voice to stop stateless people ending up #LockedInLimbo

I very much welcomed the opportunity to speak at the recent European Network on Statelessness (ENS) conference in Budapest on 4-5 May which launched…
/ Manlio Di Stefano, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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Alexander’s story - taking action to prevent the arbitrary detention of stateless people

In 2015 award-winning Greg Constantine visited Malta as part of his photographic journey around Europe, documenting the lives of detained stateless…
/ Neil Falzon, Director of aditus foundation
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Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Dentention in Europe

This is blog is a repost of the foreword to the newly published report “Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention: An Agenda for Change…
/ Nils MuiĹľnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
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Under the radar: Mapping statelessness in Austria

Statelessness in Austria has been a hidden issue, with stateless people and the problems they face largely invisible. In an attempt to gain a…
/ Haleh Chahrokh, Senior Protection Assistant, UNHCR Austria and Birgit Einzenberger, Senior Protection Associate, UNHCR Austria
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Ending Statelessness arising out of Surrogacy in India: The Latest Developments

Studies estimate that surrogate mothers have given birth to more than 25,000 children in India, and about half of these children now live in the…
/ Sanoj Rajan, Dean of School of Law Ansal, University, India
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Addressing statelessness amongst women and children in Asia and the Pacific

Women and children are disproportionately affected by statelessness. In recognition of this the Statelessness Network Asia Pacific (SNAP) will…
/ Statelessness Network Asia Pacific
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Sharing good practice on ending statelessness in the OSCE area

In its latest Mid-Year Trends 2016 UNHCR estimates at least 10 million people to be stateless globally. Approximately one-third of them are children…
/ Anisa Goshi and Frank Remus, UNHCR Liaison Office Vienna
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Civil society asks the Human Rights Council to hold Switzerland to account on statelessness

In November 2017, Switzerland will come before the UN Human Rights Council for Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
/ Nina Murray, European Network on Statelessness and Barbara von RĂĽtte, humanrights.ch