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Are Stateless Claimants Disadvantaged Within Asylum Procedures? New Evidence from the UK Context

This blog post introduces new research, conducted as part of the #StatelessJourneys project, into the challenges faced by stateless claimants withinā€¦
/ Thomas McGee, PhD researcher at Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (Melbourne Law School) and the MENA Statelessness Network (Hawiati)
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On Statelessness: 6 Principles to Consider When Conducting Country of Origin Information Research

A research project on statelessness undertaken by Asylos revealed a significant need for improvement in the coverage and quality of Country of Originā€¦
/ Laurence Hamieh, Asylos
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The Austrian naturalisation procedure ā€“ disproportionate and in violation of international law

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued a crucial judgment in the prevention and reduction of statelessness in Europe. Theā€¦
/ Leonhard Call (ENS Member, independent human rights consultant and policy advisor)
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Collaboration between academics and non-profits can help protect citizenship rights

Building bridges between academia and non-profit organisations through partnerships is a critical tool to protect the ā€˜right to have rightsā€™. Theseā€¦
/ Dr Rachel Pougnet, Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol
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Protecting the right to a nationality for children of same-sex couples in the EU ā€“ 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 canĀ face problems with recognition of civil status,ā€¦
/ PatrĆ­cia Cabral ā€“ Legal Policy Officer, European Network on Statelessness
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Setting a blueprint for overcoming statelessness in Russia and Ukraine

Almost three decades have passed since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the subsequent proclamation of independence by the Russian Federationā€¦
/ Anna Babko, Legal analyst at the CF ā€œThe Right to Protectionā€
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The Worldā€™s Stateless Children: new report out now

ā€œThe Invisible of the Invisibleā€ ā€“ this is how the Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Benyam Dawit Mezmur, has described the worldā€¦
/ Laura van Waas, Co-Director of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
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Statelessness in Georgia ā€“ how to make good laws better

ā€œWe know our laws and policies on statelessness are good, but we want them to be perfect, tell us how we do thatā€ ā€“ representative from Georgianā€¦
/ Max McClellan
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Proposal for legislation on statelessness in the Netherlands: A bittersweet victory

Six years of research, reports, publications, consultations, advocacy, negotiations,
/ Katja Swider, PhD researcher (University of Amsterdam) and Caia Vlieks, PhD researcher (Tilburg University)
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The double plight of stateless migrants

Although the greatest numbers of stateless persons are not necessarily within the migrant population, particularly in Europe, with 244 millionā€¦
/ Alice Sironi, Migration Law Specialist with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Realising the right of every child to a nationality through the Convention on the Rights of the Child

When talking about how to end childhood statelessness in Europe, we often jump straight to the special standards that are contained in the 1961ā€¦
/ Laura van Waas, Co-Directory, Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
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No child should be stateless ā€“ Itā€™s simple, solvable and time to make sure that no child is!

Why are children still being born in stateless in Europe in 2015? Why, when this stands at odds with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and aā€¦
/ Chris Nash, Director of the European Network on Statelessness