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Syria has the power to change, from one of the biggest statelessness exporters to a role model for the Global North
Statelessness has impacted the lives of thousands in Syria, exacerbated by decades of discriminatory policies by the previous Assad regime and the…
'Stateless for two generations’: BB’s story and the fight to end statelessness in North Macedonia
As part of the Roma Integration Phase III Programme, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe, efforts are being made to…
The statelessness of displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) from the perspectives of international law and German administrative law
In September 2024, the German Administrative Court in Kassel issued a landmark ruling recognising ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) as…
No Country to Call Home: the Hidden Crisis of Statelessness in the UK and beyond
"Statelessness is like being a ghost—except no one’s even scared of you." – Anonymous Imagine being born and raised in a country, speaking the…
Between Law and Reality: the Challenges for Palestinian Refugees in Bulgaria
On 13 June 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark judgment in case C-563/22, addressing the legal status of…
Research sheds light on childhood statelessness litigation
Litigation involving childhood statelessness sheds light on how statelessness can exacerbate the vulnerabilities inherent in being a child litigant.…
A new briefing, Stateless People in the UK: at risk of legal limbo, in need of protection
In January 2025, the Jesuit Refugee Service UK, Asylum Aid, the University of Liverpool Law Clinic, the European Network on Statelessness, and…
Editorial: A year of mixed progress – Europe’s ongoing efforts to advance the right to a nationality and address statelessness
Next week at our annual state of play assessment webinar on statelessness in Europe, we will launch two new Statelessness Index country profiles for…
A new right of residence for stateless people in Belgium – does it offer sufficient protection?
On 8 February 2024, the Belgian Federal Parliament adopted a law introducing a procedure for stateless people to obtain a residence permit in Belgium…
Litigating the right to a nationality
In November 2024, UNHCR and the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) jointly published a new resource for those seeking legal remedies for…
Russia's war against Ukraine and the risk of statelessness
Recent years have seen both gains and losses for the protection of stateless people and prevention of statelessness in Russia. In 2023, after many…