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Surrogacy Arrangements: Can Article 8 of the ECHR Combat Child Statelessness?
On 31 August 2023, in the case of C. v. Italy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a judgment concerning a four-year-old child born…
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In search of a legal bond: Turkish Cypriot children of mixed marriages in Cyprus
An estimated 10,000 children of mixed marriages between Turkish Cypriots and Turkish nationals (or nationals of another country) are facing…
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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 has…
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Might a ‘victory for human rights’ in the Netherlands benefit stateless children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): possible applications of Zhao v the Netherlands
Can strategic litigation help end childhood statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? And could the outcomes of strategic litigation…
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An update on barriers to citizenship facing stateless children in the UK
This blog provides analysis of recent changes affecting children’s rights to be registered as British citizens with particular focus on fees and…
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Landmark judgment from Spain: court grants Spanish nationality to a stateless child born en route (a case of “invisible children”)
In 2021, a Spanish court has remarkably recognised as a Spanish national a child who lacked a birth certificate as she was born in transit in Morocco…
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Transforming Gender Discriminatory Legal Frameworks: Reflecting on Transitional Justice as a Site for Combating Statelessness in Syria
This blog was first published by the University of Melbourne's Critical Statelessness Studies Blog in January 2022. We are re-posting it now to…
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Vicious circles of Roma statelessness in Serbia – A road map
The Roma community in Serbia continues to endure challenges when it comes to birth registration and citizenship acquisition. The risk of…
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Protecting the right to a nationality for children of same-sex couples in the EU – A key issue before the CJEU in V.M.A. v Stolichna Obsthina (C-490/20)
The enjoyment of LGBTIQ* rights varies across Europe. As a result, children of same-sex couples can face problems with recognition of civil status,…
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child at 30: Action still needed to fulfil every child’s right to a nationality in Europe
On World Children’s Day, politicians, civil society representatives, children and others gathered at the European Parliament for a high-level…
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Even where countries in Europe recognise marriage equality, children born to same-sex families remain at risk of statelessness
Every year the ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map shows that the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ*) are still not…
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