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Celebrating progress in the protection of rainbow families, but more needs to be done
Since the day they were born, baby Sara and baby Sofia have been waiting to receive an identity document or a passport and are at risk of…
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…
Joint submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – Netherlands
Joint submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – Netherlands
No Papers, No Prospects? Mapping Statelessness In the 21st Century
What causes statelessness? How can stateless people be protected? And can statelessness be eradicated?
Seizing new opportunities to address statelessness in the Dominican Republic
Following a decade of restrictive measures on migration and nationality matters, in late 2013 the Constitutional Tribunal in Santo Domingo issued a…
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…
Thoughts on Strategic Litigation: Can EU law prevent and reduce Roma statelessness in Europe?
The Court of Justice famous weighed in several years ago on the relevance of EU law to situations where EU citizens are made stateless (Case C-135/08…
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…
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…
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…
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…