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Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee on North Macedonia
Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee on North Macedonia
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Statelessness: A blind spot on Austria’s human rights record
Austria is often praised by its official representatives as a model country concerning human rights protection, with a positive record on…
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North Macedonia takes important first step towards ending statelessness
On 3 January North Macedonia officially acceded to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, joining 74 other countries which have…
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Preventing Statelessness among Migrants in North Africa and their Children: Birth registration and ‘legal identity’
“Legal identity” is all the rage in international policy circles. From the target set by the Sustainable Development Goals to “provide legal…
Interviews
Interview with Fernand de Varennes, UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
Prof Fernand de Varennes is Dean of the Faculté de droit at the Université de Moncton. He was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues in…
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Citizenship deprivation: differential treatment or discrimination?
After just three months in office, the Netherland’s Minister of Justice, Ferdinand Grapperhaus has already expressed his intention to strip two dual…
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Civil society asks the Human Rights Council to hold Switzerland to account on statelessness
In November 2017, Switzerland will come before the UN Human Rights Council for Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
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An Update on Statelessness Determination and Status in the UK - "Need for Fair and Timely Decisions"
Some stateless persons living in the UK face harsh realities. Most stateless people without legal status cannot leave the UK because no country will…
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“I want to speak to all youth who are stateless, and say never give up!” – The powerful testimony and participation of youth at this year’s UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs
These were the inspiring words uttered by Zhirair (Stateless Youth from Georgia) during the opening plenary session of this year’s UNHCR NGO…
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It’s time to take action to protect stateless persons from arbitrary detention
The immigration detention of stateless persons is one of the silent tragedies of our globalised world that plays out behind closed doors, away from…
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No nationality, no rights – Statelessness affecting Dominicans of Haitian descent
Two years ago the Dominican Constitutional Court judgement 168/13 deprived hundreds of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent of their…
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