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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…
Children born in the largest refugee camp in the world teach us what being stateless means to them
From being born without a State in the world's largest refugee camp to struggling to gain nationality in diaspora communities, statelessness has…
Might a ‘victory for human rights’ in the Netherlands benefit stateless children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): possible applications of Zhao v the Netherlands
Can strategic litigation help end childhood statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? And could the outcomes of strategic litigation…
Preventing and solving statelessness in European law
Within the member states of the Council of Europe and the European Union, much remains to be done to address statelessness. While the laws created by…
An update on barriers to citizenship facing stateless children in the UK
This blog provides analysis of recent changes affecting children’s rights to be registered as British citizens with particular focus on fees and…
Landmark judgment from Spain: court grants Spanish nationality to a stateless child born en route (a case of “invisible children”)
In 2021, a Spanish court has remarkably recognised as a Spanish national a child who lacked a birth certificate as she was born in transit in Morocco…
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…
“The endless waiting has destroyed me” – will the Statelessness Bills discussed in the Dutch Parliament this week bring a solution for stateless people in the Netherlands?
Ahead of the 25th May debate in the Dutch parliament on new draft legislation on statelessness, our Dutch members analyse the proposed laws, their…
“Het eindeloze wachten heeft mij kapot gemaakt” – zullen de wetsvoorstellen staatloosheid ter discussie in Tweede Kamer deze week een oplossing bieden voor staatlozen in Nederland?
In aanloop naar het debat van 25 mei in de Tweede Kamer over nieuwe ontwerpwetgeving betreffende staatloosheid analyseren onze Nederlandse leden de…
A multilingual toolkit on statelessness: how to identify, support and refer people at risk of statelessness
Across Europe, low levels of awareness of statelessness are widespread. For NGO workers, civil servants and refugee practitioners, this a lack of…
Transforming Gender Discriminatory Legal Frameworks: Reflecting on Transitional Justice as a Site for Combating Statelessness in Syria
This blog was first published by the University of Melbourne's Critical Statelessness Studies Blog in January 2022. We are re-posting it now to…