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ENS blog is going on 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…
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Join the feminist revolution in work to address statelessness

When black feminist theory was referenced on the podium at the closing plenary of the World Conference on Statelessness in the Hague last month, a…
/ Nina Murray, ENS Head of Policy and Research
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Policy Briefing: Urgent Reforms Needed to Improve UK's Approach to Statelessness

 On 7 October 2019, the Global High Level Segment on Statelessness convened by UNHCR in Geneva will mark the mid-point of UNHCR's iBELONG campaign…
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Interview with Yonous Muhammadi, President of the Greek Forum of Refugees

Yonous Muhammadi co-founded the Greek Forum of Refugees, a refugee-led organisation. He is a member of the European Migration Forum in Brussels and…
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Setting a blueprint for overcoming statelessness in Russia and Ukraine

Almost three decades have passed since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the subsequent proclamation of independence by the Russian Federation…
/ Anna Babko, Legal analyst at the CF “The Right to Protection”
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The Quito Process and the urgency to address the right to a nationality and statelessness in the Americas

The unprecedented number of migrants and refugees leaving Venezuela and moving throughout the American continent has put receiving countries’ legal…
/ Jessica Ramirez, Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness (Red ANA)
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Mr Bilali and the uncertain country of origin – statelessness and subsidiary protection in the CJEU case of Bilali C-720/17

What does the case of Bilali in the Court of Justice of the European Union tell us about the responsibility of states to deal appropriately and…
/ Jo Venkov, Lawyer and writer on statelessness, identity, citizenship and belonging
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A visit to Lebanon

Initially, I was hesitant when invited to jointly lead a session last week at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on building a network on…
/ Allan Leas, Chair of the ENS Board of Trustees
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Investor citizenship must not be used as a remedy for statelessness

When I started to look into the sale of passports a decade ago, there had been hardly any academic research on the topic. Yet with the increasing…
/ Jelena Dzankic, GLOBALCIT coordinator
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Statelessness and Sustainable Development at the 2019 High Level Political Forum: A moment for reflection

In July this year, UN Member States will come together to consider progress on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The 2030 Agenda, adopted by…
/ Tendayi Bloom, Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at The Open University
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Why Citizenship is Relevant to Sustainable Development: Considerations for the 2019 High Level Political Forum

This briefing was produced by ENS in partnership with Dr Tendayi Bloom of The Open University, Dr Bronwen Manby of the London School of Economics and…
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Preventing Statelessness among Migrants in North Africa and their Children: Birth registration and ‘legal identity’

“Legal identity” is all the rage in international policy circles. From the target set by the Sustainable Development Goals to “provide legal…
/ Bronwen Manby, Senior Policy Fellow with the LSE’s Middle East Centre