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Bucharest, Romania, street scene Blog

SDP Blog Series - Stateless people in Romania: still waiting for recognition and rights

Stateless people face the risk of rights violations every day because most European States lack a proper process to determine statelessness and…
/ Stefan Leonescu, JRS Romania
Streetview in Malta Blog

SDP Blog Series - From commitment to action: Malta urgently needs a Statelessness Determination Procedure

Stateless people face the risk of rights violations every day because most European States lack a proper process to determine statelessness and…
/ Elodie Baudhuin and Neil Falzon, aditus
Lisbon, Portugal streetview Blog

SDP Blog Series - Portugal at a crossroads: ensuring effective protection for stateless people

Stateless people face the risk of rights violations every day because most European States lack a proper process to determine statelessness and…
/ Leonor Félix da Costa, JRS Portugal
Skopje, North Macedonia. Image: Mark de Jong, Unsplash Blog

SDP Blog Series - Why North Macedonia needs a Statelessness Determination Procedure

Stateless people face the risk of rights violations every day because most European States lack a proper process to determine statelessness and…
/ Teodora Kjoseva Kostadinovska, Lawyer and Project Manager, Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA)
A large group of people stand outside a building holding up signs and smiling Blog

Collaborating to safeguard children’s identity rights amid global challenges

Established in 2021, the Identity Rights Working Group (IDRWG) is an informal consortium of organisations dedicated to peer learning, knowledge…
/ Mia Dambach, CHIP, and Deneisha Moss, ISI, co-chairs of the Identity Rights Working Group (IDRWG)
Countries which have acceded to Statelessness Conventions Blog

State-of-play assessment on statelessness in Europe shows reasons to celebrate, some setbacks and opportunities to act

The Statelessness Index remains an indispensable guide for policy makers, legal experts, and advocates working to ensure the right to a nationality…
/ Patrícia Cabral, Legal Policy Coordinator, European Network on Statelessness
Collage of images from the Armenia #StatelessnessIndex launch Blog

From Evidence to Action: Armenia Joins the Statelessness Index

On 16 December, Armenia took a significant step forward in its efforts to address statelessness with the launch of the country’s Statelessness Index …
/ Narine Baghdasaryan, Project Coordinator at Mission Armenia
Text reads: 'Towards collaborative advocacy on statelessness' above a cartoon of a woman holding a sign saying 'I want to speak out against statelessness, but I don't know where to begin!' Blog

Working together with stateless communities for change: developing guidelines for meaningful, collaborative advocacy on statelessness

On Friday 12th December, supported by the Global Alliance to End Statelessness, we held a Regional Network Lab (RNL) exploring the topic ‘Towards…
/ Chris Afuakwah, ENS Communications and Community Engagement Coordinator
Chris Nash speaking in Geneva Blog

Addressing statelessness in a changing world – using the 2025 GRF Progress Review to assess progress made since the 2024 High-Level Segment on Statelessness

Fifteen months ago I spoke to a packed-out Palais des Nations at the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness (GAtES) as part of the High-…
/ Chris Nash - Director, European Network on Statelessness
Clouds covering the sun Blog

Las nubes que amenazan el soleado panorama de la apatridia en España

España es tradicionalmente considerada una referencia en cuanto a buenas prácticas en prevención, identificación y protección de las personas…
/ Jesús Tolmo García PhD, la Coalición Española en materia de apatridia
Clouds covering the sun Blog

Clouds moving in over Spain’s progress on statelessness

Spain has traditionally been regarded as a leading example of good practices in the prevention, identification, and protection of stateless people.…
/ Jesús Tolmo García PhD, an individual member of the Spanish Coalition on Statelessness.
Images from PIlnet Global Forum Blog

Harnessing pro bono collaboration: reflections on the PILnet Global Forum and new ways to address statelessness through the law

November has been a month of inspiring exchanges and collective drive. At a time when funding cuts are severely affecting work on statelessness…
/ Patrícia Cabral, ENS Legal Policy Coordinator