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Working towards the eradication of statelessness in South Eastern Europe

Several contributors have reported on this website on statelessness in South Eastern Europe and on initiatives to strengthen civil registration and…
/ Inge Sturkenboom, UNHCR
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Prevention of statelessness at birth – adequate nationality law but inconsistent implementation

In December 2011, Serbia acceded to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The Serbian Law on Citizenship had already been in accordance…
/ Milijana Trifkovic, Legal Analyst, Praxis
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A Call for the Adoption of an International Day Against Statelessness

Statelessness was one of the major hidden crises of the 20th century. It is reassuring that after the turn of the century, there has been an…
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Poor Judgement, Bad Judgment

I was preparing to write a blog entry on the upcoming UNHCR NGO Consultations – on the importance of NGOs working on statelessness strengthening…
/ Amal de Chickera
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Europe’s Birth Registration Stumbling Blocks

It is well-established that one of the best ways of preventing statelessness is by ensuring universal birth registration of all children, regardless…
/ Christina E. Lee, lawyer and legal researcher
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Debating the ‘right to citizenship’

As part of a special programme of events to celebrate the European Year of the Citizen, the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights last week hosted a…
/ Laura van Waas, Senior Researcher and Manager of the Statelessness Programme, Tilburg University
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A Global Campaign to End Statelessness - The Time Has Come

For too long statelessness has remained a sleeper issue. This is surprising considering that UNHCR's latest statistics confirm 3.5 million stateless…
/ Mark Manly (Head UNHCR Statelessness Unit) and Radha Govil (UNHCR)