Browse through our library of news, events, blogs, interviews and publications. You can also access our Statelessness IndexĀ and our Statelessness Case Law Database.

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Summit Blog

Our Hands Extended: International Calls to End Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws

The recent Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws spotlighted the urgent need to eliminate gender discrimination in nationality laws.ā€¦
/ Catherine Harrington, Campaign Manager of the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and Associate Director at the Womenā€™s Refugee Commission
BRC Blog

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 hasā€¦
/ Sirazul Islam, Youth Director of British Rohingya Community UK (BRC)
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ā€œItā€™s a terrible thing to lose hopeā€: Re-imagining Protection for Palestinians as Refugees and Stateless Persons

I have represented hundreds of refugees and approximately 20 stateless people seeking protection in the UK, most of them with heart-breaking cases.ā€¦
/ Cynthia Orchard
Rami, Tamara and kids, via ASKV. Photo by Catharina Gerritsen Blog

ā€œHet eindeloze wachten heeft mij kapot gemaaktā€ ā€“ 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 meiĀ in de Tweede Kamer over nieuwe ontwerpwetgeving betreffende staatloosheid analyseren onze Nederlandse leden deā€¦
/ Caia Vlieks, Research and Education Officer, Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion en Marlotte van Dael, Project Coƶrdinator Staatloosheid, ASKV Steunpunt Vluchtelingen
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The Austrian naturalisation procedure ā€“ disproportionate and in violation of international law

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued a crucial judgment in the prevention and reduction of statelessness in Europe. Theā€¦
/ Leonhard Call (ENS Member, independent human rights consultant and policy advisor)
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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 impendingā€¦
/ Jo Venkov, Lawyer and Writer on statelessness, identity, citizenship and belonging
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Are parents of foundlings really ā€œunknownā€? - Avoiding statelessness under international nationality law

In popular understanding around the world, ā€œfoundlingsā€ are often imagined as abandoned babies found outside churches. In practice, this limitedā€¦
/ Mai Kaneko-Iwase, PhD (Law), Researcher, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands*
LGBTQ+ families, surrogacy and the legal identity of unsanctioned babies Blog

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. Inā€¦
/ Katja Swider ENS Member, Assistant Professor of Migration Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
fguszrt Blog

We need to talk about the problem of citizenship

For the most part, the contemporary world is centred on the assumption that everyone has some form of citizenship. This creates problems for peopleā€¦
/ Tendayi Bloom, Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. Lindsey Kingston, Associate Professor of International Human Rights, Webster University, USA. Heather Steele, Deputy Academic Lead, Forum for Global Challenges
Collaboration between academics and non-profits can help protect citizenship rights Blog

Collaboration between academics and non-profits can help protect citizenship rights

Building bridges between academia and non-profit organisations through partnerships is a critical tool to protect the ā€˜right to have rightsā€™. Theseā€¦
/ Dr Rachel Pougnet, Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol
Chinatown, Manchester Blog

Statusless and Stateless Chinese Migrants in the UK

This blog was first published byĀ Border CriminologiesĀ in April 2021. We are re-posting it now to highlight the issues raised.
/ Siyu Luo, Doctoral Candidate in Criminology at the University of Manchester, UK.
Russian passport being cut with scissors Blog

Russiaā€™s Constitutional Court delivers questionable ruling on nationality stripping

Last month, Russiaā€™s Constitutional Court ruled that there is no lack of clarity in legal provisions that make it possible to strip a person of theirā€¦
/ Olga Abramenko, Expert at ADC Memorial