Marcin Nowak Publications

Nationality & Borders Bill Briefing for House of Lords Committee Stage

This briefing concerns Clause 9 ā€˜deprivation of citizenshipā€™ and Clause 10 ā€˜stateless minorsā€™ of Part 1 (Nationality) of the Nationality &ā€¦
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Are parents of foundlings really ā€œunknownā€? - Avoiding statelessness under international nationality law

In popular understanding around the world, ā€œfoundlingsā€ are often imagined as abandoned babies found outside churches. In practice, this limitedā€¦
/ Mai Kaneko-Iwase, PhD (Law), Researcher, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands*
 LGBTQ+ families, surrogacy and the legal identity of unsanctioned babies Blog

The Statelessness Case Law Database: LGBTQ+ families, surrogacy and the legal identity of unsanctioned babies

The new ENS Statelessness Case Law Database offers a lens through which we can observe how European laws deal with the reality of statelessness. Inā€¦
/ Katja Swider ENS Member, Assistant Professor of Migration Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Home Office consultation Blog

UK Home Office should seek to remove barriers faced by stateless children born in the UK rather than making it more difficult for them to acquire British citizenship

Following an onlineĀ consultation on its "New Plan for Immigration", the UK Government needs to ensure that any proposed amendment to theā€¦
/ Cynthia Orchard, ENS Individual member and Nina Murray, Head of Policy & Research at the European Network on Statelessness
UK CRC sumbmission Publications

Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the 88th Pre-Sessional Working Group - United Kingdom

This submission to the 88th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the right of every child to acquire andā€¦
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternityā€¦really? Why Franceā€™s forsaken ā€œchildren of ISISā€* may grow up to view the French Republicā€™s values differently.

There are currently an estimatedĀ 300 French childrenĀ stranded in various displacement camps in Northeastern Syria.Ā Deprivation of nationality of oneā€¦
/ Philomene Franssen, MA Candidate at the University Of London and Independent Consultant
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How far do citizenship laws in European Union Member States safeguard the children born there from statelessness?

Most European Union Member States participate in the international conventions concerning statelessness of 1954 and 1961, and have certain laws thatā€¦
/ Merve Erdilmen (Doctoral Student, Department of Political Science, McGill University) and Iseult Honohan (Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin)
How can the EU prevent childhood statelessness in the new Asylum and Migration Pact? Videos

How can the EU prevent childhood statelessness in the new Asylum & Migration Pact?

Watch Lynn Khatib, a stateless Palestinian refugee living in Sweden, give a compelling intervention to the European Parliament Intergroup on Childrenā€¦
Webinar: Birth registration and the prevention of statelessness in Europe Videos

Webinar: Birth registration and the prevention of statelessness in Europe

Organised by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) in collaboration with the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights, this webinarā€¦
Webinar: No child should be stateless: Ensuring the right to a nationality for children in migration in Europe Videos

Webinar: No child should be stateless: Ensuring the right to a nationality for children in migration in Europe

A free webinar organised by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), as part of the Initiative for Children in Migration. This webinar exploresā€¦
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Birthright citizenship and children born in a conflict zone

As of 1 February 2020, an amendment to the Danish citizenship act means that a child born to a Danish parent who has unlawfully entered or stays in aā€¦
/ Eva ErsbĆøll ā€“ Lawyer and Senior Researcher, ENS Associate Member
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child at 30: Action still needed to fulfil every childā€™s right to a nationality in Europe

On World Childrenā€™s Day, politicians, civil society representatives, children and others gathered at the European Parliament for a high-levelā€¦
/ Khadija Badri, Advocacy and Engagement Officer at the European Network on Statelessness