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#RomaBelong Workshop – European Youth Centre, Strasbourg; 10–11 Oct 2018

Since 2016, the European Network on Statelessness has been working in partnership with the European Roma Rights Centre and the Institute on…
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LUNCHTIME RECEPTION: Addressing statelessness in Europe - 10 Oct (1.15-2.15pm); Council of Europe, Strasbourg

PALAIS DE L'EUROPE (in front of the hemicycle), Strasbourg Wednesday, 10 October 2018 (1.15-2.15pm) Join the European Network on Statelessness for a…
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ENS blog is going on a 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…
/ ENS Secretariat
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Alpeyeva and Dzhalagoniya v. Russia: Mass-confiscation of passports violates ECHR Article 8

On 12 June the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) declared a violation of the right to private life (Article 8) of two individuals who were left…
/ Katja Swider, University of Amsterdam
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In praise of the 1961 Statelessness Convention

It is a lot better to have a stateless person’s travel document than to be undocumented.
/ Alison Harvey, No5 Chambers London; @aliromah
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The appalling mistreatment of a stateless human rights activist, barriers to British citizenship, and the power to bring change

Persecution and statelessness inflicted by the Bahraini Government Sayed Alwadaei is a soft-spoken but determined man from Bahrain. There is…
/ Cynthia Orchard Statelessness Policy and Casework Coordinator, Asylum Aid / Migrants Resource Centre
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A rights-based approach to addressing statelessness

To have a right to something - say, food - it not just about having enough of that: a slave can be well nourished 
/ Katja Swider, University of Amsterdam
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"Putting people first": Statelessness at the 2018 UNHCR NGO Consultations

Back in the office in London after a whirlwind of discussions, debates, deliberations and dinners in Geneva last week, it’s time for a bit of…
/ Nina Murray, ENS Head of Policy & Research
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Joint alternative report on Serbia to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Alternative report on Serbia prepared by Praxis, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, the European Network on Statelessness and the European…
/ Submission
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Bringing Malta closer to the 1954 Statelessness Convention

The first interaction aditus foundation had with the issue of statelessness in Malta was through our participation in UNHCR’s 2014 country mapping…
/ Neil Falzon, Director of aditus foundation (Malta)
Interviews

Interview with Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Member of the European Parliament

Anna Maria Corazza Bildt is a Swedish Member of the European Parliament. She is the co-chair of the EP Child Rights Intergroup and is an active…
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Amicus curiae on stateless persons' right to residence

This is an anonymised version of an amicus curiae which the European Network on Statelessness has submitted to a Norwegian court. The amicus…