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Are parents of foundlings really âunknownâ? - Avoiding statelessness under international nationality law
In popular understanding around the world, âfoundlingsâ are often imagined as abandoned babies found outside churches. In practice, this limitedâŚ
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Statelessness in the Asia Pacific: The birth of Nationality for All
With the increase in cases of statelessness in the Asia Pacific region and the impact of COVID-19 on stateless persons, Statelessness Network AsiaâŚ
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Spotlighting Romani womenâs activism and role in addressing statelessness in Europe
This blog is part of a collaboration between the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and Romani women activists. Here, we want to draw attentionâŚ
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Romani womenâs activism and role in addressing statelessness in Europe
The voices of Romani women are all too often missing from policy debates on statelessness and legal identity. ENS has come together with Romani womenâŚ
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âNon-Citizensâ of the Baltics: Common Misconceptions explained
To this day, there are approximately 300,000 non-citizens in the Baltics, in Estonia and Latvia. In contrast to Estonia and Latvia, Lithuania doesâŚ
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Without a nationality but not stateless: the recent judgment of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in a case concerning the nationality status of a refugee originating from Western Sahara
In August 2021, the Swiss Supreme Federal Court, the highest judicial authority in Switzerland, issued a decision concerning the nationality statusâŚ
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Why Europe needs to work with other regions to find creative solutions to birth registration and documentation of children born in conflict zones
European States and regional institutions need to step-up and commit to clear actions to protect the rights of all children to a legal identity andâŚ
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Expert opinion: How the Netherlands, France and the UK are leaving children stranded at risk of statelessness in Iraq and Syria
Thousands of children associated with alleged âforeign fightersâ have been detained in Iraq and Syria since the territorial fall of the Islamic StateâŚ
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Understanding Statelessness through Country of Origin Information (COI)
Country of Origin Information (COI) is an important element in refugee status determination procedures, as it helps to evaluate whether there is aâŚ
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Time To Agree Concerted Action: Follow-up on Council of Europe and UNHCR statelessness conference
Last month we and our members were out in force at an important international statelessness conference organised by the Council of Europe and the UNâŚ
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Looking Back on 6 Years at the Helm of UNHCRâs Statelessness Section
After six years as the Chief of the Statelessness Section at UNHCR, Melanie Khanna reflects on the global efforts to end statelessness, tracing theâŚ
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