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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Every downside has its upside: run-up to a statelessness determination procedure in the Netherlands?
On 9 July 2014, the loss to Argentina signalled the end of another period of patriotic sentiments in the Netherlands.
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CESCR’s recommendation – Serbia to ensure effective access to personal documents for Roma and displaced persons, and in the meantime to facilitate their access to economic, social and cultural rights
In May 2014, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the Second Periodic Report of Serbia on the measures applied and…
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A stateless person, a refugee and an irregular migrant walk into a bar…
She gets a beer and waits for the world cup game to begin.
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A new, efficient way of learning about statelessness
Statelessness – a word and concept often regarded as complicated, technical and difficult. But awareness and basic understanding of statelessness…
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Who are you? - Fraud, impersonation and loss of nationality without procedural protection
The UK divides persons who acquire British citizenship by fraud into two classes when seeking to secure their loss of such citizenship. Where the…
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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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The story behind finding some of Europe’s invisible people
Although hundreds of thousands of stateless people live in Europe, finding them can be a challenge at times. An important part of the ENS campaign…
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Double jeopardy – Syria’s Stateless Palestinians
The Syrian refugee crisis has reached a tally of more than two million who have fled the country, leading the United Nations to characterize the…
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Act now and help protect stateless people across Europe!
When meeting a stateless person what is often so very striking is their understandable bewilderment about the situation they have been unlucky…
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A question of ‘if’ and ‘when’ is someone stateless
Farid is in UK immigration detention pending deportation. He has an Iranian passport that has expired. One month into his detention, he attempts to…
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The case of Valjbona and her children - lack of birth registration leaves many Roma children in a situation of undetermined nationality for an extended period of time
“Once I acquire nationality, my children will finally be able to go to the doctor’s when necessary and I will not have to pay for medicines. Nearby…
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