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The statelessness of displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) from the perspectives of international law and German administrative law

In September 2024, the German Administrative Court in Kassel issued a landmark ruling recognising ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) as…
/ Christian Mkhitaryan, specialist lawyer for migration law in Germany and board member of the German-Armenian Lawyers Association
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A new briefing, Stateless People in the UK: at risk of legal limbo, in need of protection

In January 2025, the Jesuit Refugee Service UK, Asylum Aid, the University of Liverpool Law Clinic, the European Network on Statelessness, and…
/ Sophie Cartwright, Senior Policy Officer at the Jesuit Refugee Service UK, and Research Associate at the Centre for Criminology.
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Briefing: Stateless people in the UK

Across the UK, stateless people and people at risk of statelessness are living in limbo, facing an uphill battle to resolve their status and unable…
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Litigating the right to a nationality

In November 2024, UNHCR and the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) jointly published a new resource for those seeking legal remedies for…
/ Bronwen Manby
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Russia's war against Ukraine and the risk of statelessness

Recent years have seen both gains and losses for the protection of stateless people and prevention of statelessness in Russia. In 2023, after many…
/ Olga Abramenko, ADC Memorial
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“If you can’t see a problem, you can’t fix it.” - ENS Director Chris Nash’s presentation at UNHCR’s High-Level Segment on Statelessness

On Monday 14th October, the High-Level Segment on Statelessness (HLS) took place in Geneva. Held as part of this year’s UNHCR ExCom meeting, bringing…
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Implementing the new statelessness provisions in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

When the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum was first introduced in September 2020, statelessness was invisible.   Following our extensive engagement…
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Marking the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness

On Monday 14 October ENS will be in Geneva to attend the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness during a High-Level Segment on…
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Our recommendations ahead of UNHCR’s High-Level Segment on Statelessness

On Monday 14th October, ENS will be in Geneva to attend and speak at a High-Level Segment on Statelessness (HLS), which will form a key part of this…
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Rolling out our new identification toolkit

Identifying statelessness as early as possible in the asylum process is crucial, to ensure that stateless refugees can access their rights and don’t…
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Our toolkit to identify and address statelessness

Our staff and members explain our new project to protect the rights of stateless people in Europe and beyond, and why identifying statelessness is…
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Briefing note: Addressing statelessness in Europe

Ahead of the High-Level Segment on Statelessness (HLS) taking place during UNHCR's Executive Committee Meeting in Geneva on 14 October 2024, this…
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