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Submission to the ECtHR on Ramadani v. Serbia
In partnership with The AIRE Centre, ENS has filed a third-party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Ramadani v.…
Blog
Birth Registration as Bordering Practice in Fortress Europe
European countries are reporting nearly universal birth registration coverage, with rates between 99 and 100%. These figures make it appear as if non…
Blog
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…
Editorial
Why Europe needs to work with other regions to find creative solutions to birth registration and documentation of children born in conflict zones
European States and regional institutions need to step-up and commit to clear actions to protect the rights of all children to a legal identity and…
Editorial
Resolving statelessness in Roma communities requires improved inclusion, participation and scrutiny of discrimination
This week two European conferences take place asking crucial questions on inclusion and statelessness. On Monday and Tuesday, Roma civil society,…
Blog
A missed opportunity to address childhood statelessness in Poland
One of the most devastating characteristics of statelessness is that it affects millions of children across the globe. In countries like Poland,…
Publications
Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the 88th Pre-Sessional Working Group - United Kingdom
This submission to the 88th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the right of every child to acquire and…
Videos
Webinar: Birth registration and the prevention of statelessness in Europe
Organised by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) in collaboration with the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights, this webinar…
Blog
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…
Publications
Birth registration and statelessness
Most, but not all of us, have had our births registered. The lack of birth registration is not the same as statelessness, yet it heightens the risk…
Blog
Roma in Serbia still denied birth certificates – ENS members take legal action to challenge register offices’ unlimited power
The purist in me imagines bureaucrats running around maternity wards, struggling to catch all the details (“Name? Mother’s name? Sorry, can you…
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