Browse through our library of news, events, blogs, interviews and publications. You can also access our Statelessness Index and our Statelessness Case Law Database.
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European countries lead the way in problematic practice of citizenship stripping as a security measure
In the decades following World War II, citizenship stripping disappeared as a practice in the West, in no small part because the practice had come to…
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Assisting stateless people trapped in Ukraine: report from the ground
The staff of R2P’s statelessness project have spent the last few weeks trying to reach their approximately 700 beneficiaries to assess their…
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and statelessness on Roma women and girls
In November 2021, the 8th International Roma Women’s Conference took place in a hybrid format, organised by the Council of Europe’s Roma and…
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The Austrian naturalisation procedure – disproportionate and in violation of international law
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued a crucial judgment in the prevention and reduction of statelessness in Europe. The…
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Can international law offer protection to those at risk of climatic statelessness?
Scholarship on the impact of climate change on migration has tended to focus on refugee populations, but growing scholarship highlights the impending…
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Vicious circles of Roma statelessness in Serbia – A road map
The Roma community in Serbia continues to endure challenges when it comes to birth registration and citizenship acquisition. The risk of…
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Sweden needs automatic acquisition of nationality at birth for stateless children – here’s why
On the first January 2023 Sweden will inaugurate its six-month Presidency of the European Union Council. Currently we still know little about the…
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Stateless people gain access to documentation in Russia
In August 2021, amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation and other legislation regulating the legal…
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