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Applying the statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

Our new briefing takes stock of progress made by EU Member States towards the implementation of statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration…
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Briefing: Guardianship, Nationality and Statelessness

Unaccompanied and separated children frequently encounter challenges related to documentation, birth registration, and nationality. In practice, many…
/ Briefing
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Open Letter to the UK Prime Minister: Charities sound the alarm over ‘sustained attack on children’s rights’

Alongside nearly 150 children's charities and organisations working with children, we signed an open letter to the UK Prime Minister warning that the…
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Collaborating to safeguard children’s identity rights amid global challenges

Established in 2021, the Identity Rights Working Group (IDRWG) is an informal consortium of organisations dedicated to peer learning, knowledge…
/ Mia Dambach, CHIP, and Deneisha Moss, ISI, co-chairs of the Identity Rights Working Group (IDRWG)
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Las nubes que amenazan el soleado panorama de la apatridia en España

España es tradicionalmente considerada una referencia en cuanto a buenas prácticas en prevención, identificación y protección de las personas…
/ Jesús Tolmo García PhD, la Coalición Española en materia de apatridia
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Clouds moving in over Spain’s progress on statelessness

Spain has traditionally been regarded as a leading example of good practices in the prevention, identification, and protection of stateless people.…
/ Jesús Tolmo García PhD, an individual member of the Spanish Coalition on Statelessness.
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Who makes belonging possible? Community-led action to end Roma statelessness in Montenegro

Efforts to address statelessness among Roma communities across the Western Balkans have revealed a persistent gap between legal and political…
/ Co-authored by NGO Phiren Amenca and European Network on Statelessness
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Breaking the cycle of statelessness among Roma in Albania

In Albania, as in many parts of the Western Balkans, Romani communities continue to face a disproportionate risk of statelessness. This is not new,…
/ Co-authored by Tirana Legal Aid Society and European Network on Statelessness
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Foundlings at risk of statelessness in Kenya: towards strengthened legal protection

Every child around the world has the right to a nationality. This right is anchored in international and regional human rights instruments. Globally…
/ By Julie I. Lugulu, LL.D Candidate, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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Opening doors and preventing childhood statelessness

I am a fourth-generation migrant on my mother’s side. Even though I couldn’t acquire my Canadian mother’s nationality at birth, I was protected from…
/ Cynthia Orchard, consultant on 'Opening Doors for Children: Prevention of Childhood Statelessness - Good Practices in the OSCE Area'
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Cypriot children without Cypriot citizenship: What is the ‘Mixed Marriage Problem’?

Cyprus, a small island in the Mediterranean with a very complex history, is still divided today after more than 50 years. This division continues to…
/ Sude DoÄŸan, Law Student at University of Nicosia, Founder and President of Movement for Resolution of Mixed Marriage Problem (Karma Evlilik)
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Identity Rights Working Group submission for input to the draft CRC Committee's General Comment 27 on Access to Justice and Effective Remedies (AJER)

We’re pleased to have contributed to the Identity Rights Working Group’s submission to the CRC Committee’s draft General Comment 27 on Access to…