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Interview with Christophe Poirel, Director of Human Rights at the Council of Europe
Following an important international statelessness conference organised in September by the Council of Europe and the UN Refugee Agency, ENS spoke…
Are parents of foundlings really “unknown”? - Avoiding statelessness under international nationality law
In popular understanding around the world, “foundlings” are often imagined as abandoned babies found outside churches. In practice, this limited…
Spotlighting Romani women’s activism and role in addressing statelessness in Europe
This blog is part of a collaboration between the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and Romani women activists. Here, we want to draw attention…
Romani women’s activism and role in addressing statelessness in Europe
The voices of Romani women are all too often missing from policy debates on statelessness and legal identity. ENS has come together with Romani women…
Why Europe needs to work with other regions to find creative solutions to birth registration and documentation of children born in conflict zones
European States and regional institutions need to step-up and commit to clear actions to protect the rights of all children to a legal identity and…
Expert opinion: How the Netherlands, France and the UK are leaving children stranded at risk of statelessness in Iraq and Syria
Thousands of children associated with alleged ‘foreign fighters’ have been detained in Iraq and Syria since the territorial fall of the Islamic State…
Time To Agree Concerted Action: Follow-up on Council of Europe and UNHCR statelessness conference
Last month we and our members were out in force at an important international statelessness conference organised by the Council of Europe and the UN…
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. In…
Joint submission to the UK House of Commons Public Bill Committee: Nationality & Borders Bill
This joint submission by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), the Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC), and…
WEBINAR: Childhood statelessness in the UK & the upcoming Nationality and Borders Bill
On 9 Sep 2021 the European Network on Statelessness hosted a panel of child rights and statelessness experts, to discuss the changes in the upcoming…
Childhood statelessness in the UK & the upcoming Nationality and Borders Bill
The European Network on Statelessness is hosting a panel of child rights and statelessness experts, to discuss the changes in the upcoming…