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Legal briefing: Statelessness and the prohibition on discrimination against Romani communities
This legal briefing analyses the principle of non-discrimination and its impact on the prevention and reduction of statelessness among Romani…
Addressing statelessness through the courts
Today ENS is launching a Litigation Toolkit on Statelessness, a guide for legal practitioners to conduct strategic litigation on statelessness. Â
Litigation Toolkit on Statelessness for Legal Practitioners
The toolkit aims to provide a framework and guidance for legal practitioners on conducting litigation on statelessness. Â
ENS and AIRE Centre intervene before the ECtHR on Dabetić v. Italy
The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and The AIRE Centre have filed written submissions as interveners to the European Court of Human Rights…
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. In…
FRA-ECtHR updated Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration: Helping to implement fundamental rights safeguards
European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration is developing fast. The European Convention on Human Rights and European Union (EU) law both…
ENS and AIRE Centre file a third party submission to the ECtHR on Pham v. UK
The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and The AIRE Centre have filed a third party submission to the European Court of Human Rights in the case…
Russia’s Constitutional Court decision helps to protect stateless detainees as legal change approaches
In Russia, tens of thousands of stateless people are at risk of spending years in detention, but legal change is on the way.Â
Sudita Keita v. Hungary – another landmark ruling from Strasbourg on the right to private and family life of stateless people
This week, in the case of Sudita Keita v. Hungary, the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on…
Mennesson v France and 2019 ECtHR advisory opinion concerning the recognition in domestic law of a legal parent
** This is an edited version of a longer article first published in the Statelessness and Citizenship Review. Thanks to Adam and SCR for their…
Interview with Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director General of the Directorate for General Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe
Following our lunchtime event in Strasbourg at the Council of Europe, ENS spoke with Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director General of the Directorate for…