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Red and white balloons during a demonstration in Belarus Publications

Submission to the 2025 report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the Human Rights Council

ENS has contributed a submission to the 2025 report of the Special Rapporteur before the 59th session of the Human Rights Council on the situation of…
Statelessness: Citizens of Nowhere Blog

Citizens of Nowhere: Statelessness and the quest to belong

What does it mean to be invisible in a world defined by borders? Journalist Anna Rascouët-Paz brings you into the lives of citizens of nowhere and…
/ Anna Rascouët-Paz, Journalist
Interventions Publications

Intervention before the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

As part of the process of drafting the general recommendations Nos. 38 and 39 (2024) of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (…
/ Intervention
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Intervention before the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

As part of the process of drafting the General Recommendation N° 37 on racial discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to health, ENS submitted…
/ Intervention
International Roma Women's Conference Blog

Spotlighting Romani women’s activism and role in addressing statelessness in Europe

This blog is part of a collaboration between the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and Romani women activists. Here, we want to draw attention…
/ Nina Murray, Michelle Van Burik, Sonja Barbul, Ina Majka, Brisilda Taco, Alison Huyghe and Tamara Smith
Court of Justice of the European Union Blog

Protecting the right to a nationality for children of same-sex couples in the EU – 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 can face problems with recognition of civil status,…
/ Patrícia Cabral – Legal Policy Officer, European Network on Statelessness
Blog

Addressing Roma statelessness in Albania and beyond

On Friday we published the latest report in our #RomaBelong series, a country study focusing on the link between statelessness, marginalisation and…
/ Nina Murray, European Network on Statelessness and Anisa Metalla, Tirana Legal Aid Society
Destroyed passport Blog

Citizenship deprivation: differential treatment or discrimination?

After just three months in office, the Netherland’s Minister of Justice, Ferdinand Grapperhaus has already expressed his intention to strip two dual…
/ Sangita Jaghai, PhD Candidate Tilburg Law School
Blog

Denial and denigration: How discrimination feeds statelessness

Ethnic, national, religious and linguistic minorities make up a disproportionate number of the world’s stateless population. While statelessness may…
/ Andrea Spitálszky, Europe Legal Officer, Minority Rights Group International (MRG)
Blog

The Road to Dignity Beyond Status: Responding to the Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report on the Post-2015 Agenda

Today’s world is a troubled world: one in turmoil and turbulence, with no shortage of painful political upheavals. Societies are under serious…
/ Tendayi Bloom, United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility
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We Need to Talk About the Nation-State

Eradicating statelessness is high on the agenda. It is under this banner that the statelessness movement is expected to gather steam over the next…
/ Amal de Chickera
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Statelessness, Human Rights and Development: It's time to Connect the Dots

The worlds of ‘human rights’ and ‘development’ have for many decades run parallel to each other, blindingly indifferent to the complementarity of…
/ Amal de Chickera