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The unrealized promise of equal citizenship: new Legal Atlas maps gender discriminatory nationality laws

Nationality laws serve as the foundation for establishing membership in the national body politic. Put more simply, they set the parameters of who…
/ Catherine Harrington, Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Director, Women’s Refugee Commission
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Applying the statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

Our new briefing takes stock of progress made by EU Member States towards the implementation of statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration…
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Briefing: Guardianship, Nationality and Statelessness

Unaccompanied and separated children frequently encounter challenges related to documentation, birth registration, and nationality. In practice, many…
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Begum v UK: Submission to the European Court of Human Rights on trafficking of children and deprivation of nationality

The European Network on Statelessness (ENS), together with The AIRE Centre, has submitted a third‑party intervention to the European Court of Human…
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Submission to inform the European Commission 2026 Enlargement Package

ENS has contributed a written submission to inform the European Commission (DG ENEST) 2026 Enlargement Package.
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Interview with Tamás Molnár, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights

We caught up with Tamás Molnár, Senior Legal Researcher and Project Manager at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), which plays a key role in …
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Collaborating to safeguard children’s identity rights amid global challenges

Established in 2021, the Identity Rights Working Group (IDRWG) is an informal consortium of organisations dedicated to peer learning, knowledge…
/ Mia Dambach, CHIP, and Deneisha Moss, ISI, co-chairs of the Identity Rights Working Group (IDRWG)
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State-of-play assessment on statelessness in Europe shows reasons to celebrate, some setbacks and opportunities to act

The Statelessness Index remains an indispensable guide for policy makers, legal experts, and advocates working to ensure the right to a nationality…
/ PatrĂ­cia Cabral, Legal Policy Coordinator, European Network on Statelessness
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Report: Statelessness in Portugal

A new report, produced by Jesuit Refugee Service Portugal in collaboration with ENS, analyses the impact of proposed legal reforms in Portugal to…
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Joint statement on the impact of the UK Government’s Earned Settlement proposals on statelessness in the UK

Alongside our partners and members across the UK, we have submitted a joint statement in response to the UK Government’s proposed changes to…
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From Evidence to Action: Armenia Joins the Statelessness Index

On 16 December, Armenia took a significant step forward in its efforts to address statelessness with the launch of the country’s Statelessness Index …
/ Narine Baghdasaryan, Project Coordinator at Mission Armenia
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To be stateless means...

In November 2025, Statefree and the European Network on Statelessness organised a joint conference dedicated to advancing the recognition of and…
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