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Birth registration of Roma children is becoming more difficult: a case study from Serbia
This piece draws on Praxis’ work providing free legal aid to people at risk of statelessness in Serbia. It details the case of Sara, a Roma child…
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Vicious circles of Roma statelessness in Serbia – A road map
The Roma community in Serbia continues to endure challenges when it comes to birth registration and citizenship acquisition. The risk of…
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Using the Statelessness Index as a tool to help secure law and policy reform in Serbia
Is my country party to international conventions dealing with statelessness? Is there any data on the stateless population? Is there a procedure to…
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Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to help protect children from statelessness in Serbia
(A version of this article was first published in the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion’s the World's Stateless 2017 report.)
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Roma in Serbia still denied birth certificates – ENS members take legal action to challenge register offices’ unlimited power
The purist in me imagines bureaucrats running around maternity wards, struggling to catch all the details (“Name? Mother’s name? Sorry, can you…
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The case of Zoja - I am no longer legally invisible, but I remain invisible in the eyes of the state where I was born and where I have lived for 34 years
There is no doubt that the procedure for determining the time and place of birth established by the Law on Amendments to the Law on Non-Contentious…
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Legally Invisible in Serbia
Just outside the front door of their shack in an informal Roma settlement in central Belgrade, Serbia, 15-year-old Deni and his six brothers and…
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The case of Valjbona and her children - lack of birth registration leaves many Roma children in a situation of undetermined nationality for an extended period of time
“Once I acquire nationality, my children will finally be able to go to the doctor’s when necessary and I will not have to pay for medicines. Nearby…
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Abandoned by parents, neglected by the State
„...I just want to get an ID card, like other citizens, and then register the birth of my children. My greatest wish is that my children go to…
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New Birth Registration Procedure – Impact on the Prevention of Statelessness in Serbia
In August 2012, a new court procedure for determination of date and place of birth was established in Serbia. It is intended for the persons who…
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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…
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