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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…
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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…
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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 online consultation on its "New Plan for Immigration", the UK Government needs to ensure that any proposed amendment to the…
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity…really? Why France’s forsaken “children of ISIS”* may grow up to view the French Republic’s values differently.
There are currently an estimated 300 French children stranded in various displacement camps in Northeastern Syria. Deprivation of nationality of one…
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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 that…
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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 a…
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child at 30: Action still needed to fulfil every child’s right to a nationality in Europe
On World Children’s Day, politicians, civil society representatives, children and others gathered at the European Parliament for a high-level…
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Windrush scandal exposes what may lie ahead for children born in the UK growing up without citizenship
Last year, we wrote about the many barriers to stateless children born in the UK exercising their right to register as British citizens. Those…
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Barriers to citizenship facing stateless children born in the UK
Stateless children born in the UK have a right to register as British citizens after living here for a continuous period of five years. But various…
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Norwegian Government condemns stateless children to a state of legal limbo
A new proposal by the Norwegian Government will leave children born stateless in Norway who are habitually resident without a nationality until they…
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Realising the right of every child to a nationality through the Convention on the Rights of the Child
When talking about how to end childhood statelessness in Europe, we often jump straight to the special standards that are contained in the 1961…
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