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Preventing Statelessness and Nationality Loss in the context of Climate Change
This week, a pioneering report was launched that presents the first in-depth analysis of the legal risks of statelessness and nationality loss in the…
“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…
The Roma Belong Project: Supporting Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in Kosovo
Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in Kosovo are disproportionately affected by the risk of statelessness and its associated impact on accessing…
European countries lead the way in problematic practice of citizenship stripping as a security measure
In the decades following World War II, citizenship stripping disappeared as a practice in the West, in no small part because the practice had come to…
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and statelessness on Roma women and girls
In November 2021, the 8th International Roma Women’s Conference took place in a hybrid format, organised by the Council of Europe’s Roma and…
Can international law offer protection to those at risk of climatic statelessness?
Scholarship on the impact of climate change on migration has tended to focus on refugee populations, but growing scholarship highlights the impending…
Stateless people gain access to documentation in Russia
In August 2021, amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation and other legislation regulating the legal…
Citizenship stripping as alternative border control: Syrian counter-perspectives
This blog was first published by Routed Magazine in May 2021. We are re-posting it now to highlight the issues raised.
Battling statelessness as a community
Have you ever asked yourself if you are worthy? Am I worthy of love, worthy of this job, worthy of promotion? Am I worthy of joy? Am I worthy of…
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…
Statelessness in the Asia Pacific: The birth of Nationality for All
With the increase in cases of statelessness in the Asia Pacific region and the impact of COVID-19 on stateless persons, Statelessness Network Asia…