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Statelessness: A blind spot on Austria’s human rights record
Austria is often praised by its official representatives as a model country concerning human rights protection, with a positive record on…
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An Update on Statelessness Determination and Status in the UK - "Need for Fair and Timely Decisions"
Some stateless persons living in the UK face harsh realities. Most stateless people without legal status cannot leave the UK because no country will…
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No nationality, no rights – Statelessness affecting Dominicans of Haitian descent
Two years ago the Dominican Constitutional Court judgement 168/13 deprived hundreds of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent of their…
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Using the UN Human Rights Special Procedures to address statelessness
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have not to date made as much use as they could of the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures to raise and…
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Using the UPR to address statelessness
The United Nations Human Rights Council has a system of 'Universal Periodic Review' (UPR) which covers all member states of the UN. This means that…
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The right to a legal identity or the right to a legal ID?
Proposed target 16.9 of the soon-to-be-adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reads: Provide legal identity to all, including birth…
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What (more) can the EU do to help address statelessness in its external human rights action?
As international interest in tackling statelessness grows, a question that repeatedly surfaces is: what role can X organisation, Y country or even Z…
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Litigating for the stateless – a bumpy, but steady road upwards
Ever wonder why there are so few cases on statelessness before international supervisory bodies and regional courts? The task of browsing through…
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More than a photo op – an opportunity for advocacy with governments on accession
Complaints about the low number of States that are party to the UN statelessness conventions have been a constant feature of international…
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A Government Approach to Moving Statelessness Forward on the International Agenda
The last ENS blog entry dealt with the emergence of the issue of statelessness on the international agenda. Following this approach my contribution…
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