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Birth registration and the prevention of statelessness in Europe: identifying good practices and remaining barriers
Birth registration is a key way to prevent statelessness and ensure every child can acquire a nationality. Yet, some children in Europe still face…
Implementing the new statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum
When the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum was first introduced in September 2020, statelessness was invisible.  Following our extensive engagement…
Marking the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness
On Monday 14 October ENS will be in Geneva to attend the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness during a High-Level Segment on…
Our recommendations ahead of UNHCR’s High-Level Segment on Statelessness
On Monday 14th October, ENS will be in Geneva to attend and speak at a High-Level Segment on Statelessness (HLS), which will form a key part of this…
Rolling out our new identification toolkit
Identifying statelessness as early as possible in the asylum process is crucial, to ensure that stateless refugees can access their rights and don’t…
Joint submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on General Comment 27
As a member of the Working Group on Identity Rights, currently co-chaired by Child Identity Protection and the Institute on Statelessness and…
Using the law to end statelessness
Courts are often perceived as complex and distant institutions that are inaccessible and slow to make decisions. While this is not untrue, the courts…
Mutual recognition of parenthood across the EU could prevent statelessness
In December 2022, the European Commission proposed a regulation to harmonise at EU level the rules of private international law relating to…
Submission to the ECtHR on Ramadani v. Serbia
In partnership with The AIRE Centre, ENS has filed a third-party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Ramadani v.…
ENS joins 22 child rights organisations calling on European election candidates to champion children’s rights and #VoteforChildren
A coalition of 23 organisations working on child rights in the EU through the Child Rights Action Group has launched a manifesto urging candidates…
Are we on the right track to address statelessness in Europe?
This time last year, I was reflecting on how governments across Europe are failing to take sufficient action to break the cycle of statelessness in…