Browse through our library of news, events, blogs, interviews and publications. You can also access our Statelessness Index and our Statelessness Case Law Database.
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Preventing and solving statelessness in European law
Within the member states of the Council of Europe and the European Union, much remains to be done to address statelessness. While the laws created by…
Editorial
Amidst the unspeakable awfulness of the conflict in Ukraine we should not forget the particular protection needs of stateless people
As the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine nears two million, we and our members on the ground have been mobilising to try to get a handle on the…
Editorial
Iceland’s accession to UN Statelessness Conventions reminds us how much more still needs to be done across Europe
On 26th January, Iceland acceded to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of…
Blog
Will Malta’s accession to the 1954 Convention help change a culture of ‘outright exclusion’ of stateless persons?
Malta finally acceded to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons on 11 December 2019 after numerous calls from civil society…
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Statelessness is back (not that it ever went away...)
Citizenship deprivation and statelessness are very much back in fashion. States increasingly resort to such measures to deal with those returning…
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Bringing Malta closer to the 1954 Statelessness Convention
The first interaction aditus foundation had with the issue of statelessness in Malta was through our participation in UNHCR’s 2014 country mapping…
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New book looks at the implementation of the 1954 Convention across the EU
Until the launch of the ENS Statelessness INDEX last month, there was very little information available about how implementation of the 1954…
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Bulgaria is introducing a statelessness determination procedure. Or is it?
On the surface, yes, Bulgaria is for the first time introducing a statelessness determination procedure in its national legislation. But scratch a…
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Ireland’s ad-hoc approach is failing stateless persons: Dublin seminar highlights shortfalls and need for formal procedures
In December 2015, the Council of the European Union’s Conclusions on Statelessness invited the European Commission to launch exchanges of good…
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“What do you mean by stateless?” – Arbitrary detention of stateless persons in Poland
In Poland statelessness doesn’t exist. Or so it would seem, for there are almost no official records of stateless persons. Those who are stateless…
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New report confirms the urgency for Malta to revise its detention regime
New report “Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention in Malta” published today by ENS and aditus foundation warns that widespread use…
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