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News

Russia reforms immigration detention laws after decade-long campaign

Russia has enacted reforms to its immigration detention laws, introducing time limits and judicial oversight on the detention of stateless people.…
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WEBINAR: Detention and return: protecting the rights of stateless people

This webinar focussed on protecting stateless people from arbitrary detention in the context of returns procedures. Held on Tuesday 30 May, it was…
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Russias Constitutional Court decision helps to protect stateless detainees as legal change approaches Blog

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. 
/ Stephania Kulaeva - Executive Director, ADC Memorial
Interviews

ENS Interview - Valeria Ilareva

ENS caught up with Valeria Ilareva, the Head Lawyer and the Chairperson of the Foundation for Access to Rights, a Bulgaria based civil society…
Blog

Bulgaria: Celebrating progress and staying vigilant about remaining gaps

Since Bulgaria ratified both the 1954 and the 1961 Statelessness Conventions in 2012, it has made significant progress in its treatment of stateless…
/ Magdalena Miteva and Valeria Ilareva, Foundation for Access to Rights - FAR
Detention toolkit Publications

Protección de los apátridas contra la detención arbitraria – guía regional para profesionales

Esta guía tiene por objeto servir de recurso a todos los actores que se encuentran con las personas apátridas - incluso abogados, ONG y personas…
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Blog

Tainted trust - Despite the introduction of a statelessness determination procedure, stateless persons in Bulgaria still face arbitrary detention

The shocking treatment of one of our clients - Dr Sager Al-Anezi - highlights the importance of new analysis published this week as part of the #…
/ Dr. Valeria Ilareva, Foundation for Access to Rights - FAR
Blog

European Court of Human Rights again finds extended detention of stateless individuals illegal: two successful cases by ADC Memorial

On January 29 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a judgment in case no. 23019/15 Alimuradov v. Russia holding that there had…
/ Olga Abramenko, Expert at ADC Memorial
Interviews

Interview with Nils MuiĹľnieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

ENS caught up with Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. In this exclusive interview, now nearing the end of his term…
Blog

UK faith leaders urge government to end detention of stateless people

Over the last three months, Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees and ENS have been working in partnership to promote the #LockedInLimbo campaign and…
/ David Bradwell, Refugee Co-ordinator for Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees and member of the Executive Committee of the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe
#LockedinLimbo - Why Europe must stop detention of stateless people Videos

#LockedinLimbo - Why Europe must stop detention of stateless people

Director of the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) Chris Nash, explains why ENS started our #LockedinLimbo campaign to protect some of the most…
Interviews

ENS Interview: Ending arbitrary detention in Russia - #LockedinLimbo

Ahead of our forthcoming #LockedinLimbo campaign event in Strasbourg on 11 October, ENS talked to Stephania Kulaeva, Director of ADC Memorial, an ENS…