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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Five things you need to know about our new Statelessness Index

Statelessness is a legal anomaly that affects over half a million people in Europe. Despite the scale of the problem, countries across Europe have…
/ Nina Murray, Research & Policy Coordinator at the European Network on Statelessness
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Engaging with the media as a tool for addressing statelessness

Since the beginning of 2017, the Statelessness Network Asia Pacific (SNAP) has partnered with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on a project…
/ Patrick Gifford, Political Science Honours Student at the University of New South Wales and Intern with the Statelessness Network Asia Pacific
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Groundbreaking Arab League declaration heightens global momentum to end gender discrimination in nationality laws

Amid the tragedy and uncertainty of today’s global challenges, there have been several important developments in the fight for gender equality in the…
/ Catherine Harrington, Campaign Manager, Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights
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Harmonising standards on statelessness determination in Europe

Nationality is the closest legal tie between a natural person and a state. Stateless individuals lack this bond. To provide stateless persons with…
/ Noémi Radnai, JD in Law, Eötvös Loránd University and MA in International Relations, Corvinus University of Budapest
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Lessons learned from the Americas: political will and coordinated action to eradicate statelessness

Since the launch of UNHCR’s #IBelong Campaign in 2014, it has been suggested that the Americas could be the first “statelessness free” region. This…
/ Francisco Quintana, co-founder Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness
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Citizenship deprivation: differential treatment or discrimination?

After just three months in office, the Netherland’s Minister of Justice, Ferdinand Grapperhaus has already expressed his intention to strip two dual…
/ Sangita Jaghai, PhD Candidate Tilburg Law School
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Are the global compacts on refugees and for migration addressing statelessness appropriately?

The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, adopted in September 2016, set out to create two compacts. On the one hand, there would be the…
/ Tendayi Bloom, Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at The Open University
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How to square a circle: contemplating the shades of minority statelessness

In present times, ever more people dream of not being tied up to a certain state and becoming ‘citizens of everywhere’. This post-national dream…
/ Dr Julija Sardelić, Marie Curie Skłodowska Postdoctoral Fellow LINES – Leuven International and European Studies, University of Leuven
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“The applicant, a stateless person” – Roma, statelessness and the European Court of Human Rights

On 15 June 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), communicated the case HASANI v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Application…
/ Ivan Kochovski, Member of Macedonian Young Lawyers Association