📢 Our new blog series on identifying and protecting stateless people in Europe.

Today's guest blog from Teodora Kjoseva Kostadinovska from MYLA explores why North Macedonia needs a Statelessness Determination Procedure (SDP).

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#Statelessness #NorthMacedonia #SDPs

⚡️Our Jan–Feb 2026 #Bulletin is out! It spotlights concerns over #Belarus deporting political prisoners at risk of #statelessness and #Syria’s new pathway to #citizenship for #Kurds previously stripped of #nationality, plus global law and policy news 👉🏼 bit.ly/4cFX9b

On Monday, we with @jrsuk.bsky.social, we held a planning meeting with some of our UK-based members and community to explore joint work on statelessness in the UK.

Over the course of an energising day, we identified gaps, opportunities and priorities to focus on together.

#Statelessness #UK

Watch the @globalcit.bsky.social webinar from a few weeks ago with @chidiodinkalu.bsky.social Ibrahima Kane, Thandeka Chauke, Christy Chitengu & myself discussing the protocol to the #ACHPR on the specific aspects of the right to a nationality and the eradication of #statelessness in Africa

🔗 Learn more about how the IDRWG works to safeguard children's rights amid ongoing global challenges: buff.ly/mryb1u0

#Statelessness #ChildrensRights #IdentityRights

Another fab morning at Aston University today guest lecturing on the history of #statelessness #citizenship loss and #digitalidentity for their Migration, Borders and Belonging course. As a Brummie, it was a badge of honour to be invited to teach and engage with students in my home turf. Bostin’!

📚Don't miss our 25 standout resources from 2025! 🚀 Curated to inspire, inform, and ignite action in the #statelessness field. Dive in and discover the year's most impactful tools and insights! 👉🏽 bit.ly/4riUuZn

“Bhutan does not recognize us even today.”

At our Baithak on Hinduism & Migrant Justice, Sudarshan Pyakurel (@SaajanPyakurel) of @bcco_ohio explains what happens when refugees deported from the U.S. are left stateless and stranded across borders.

#RefugeeRights #MigrantJustice #Statelessness

📢 What needs to happen next to improve the identification and protection of displaced stateless people in Europe?

Join us on 23 March to hear where there has been progress in Europe, where the gaps are, and where urgent action is needed.

Register here: buff.ly/XBU4abQ

#Statelessness #Europe

Vol 7 No 2 (2026): Statelessness & Citizenship Review | The Statelessness & Citizenship Review

New edition of the #Statelessness and Citizenship Review just published : articles on Taiwan, Haiti, Germany, Italy, India; case notes on India & Albania; & book reviews on IDs in Myanmar, statelessness in Asia, and #legalpersonhood (by me)
statelessnessandcitizenshipreview.com/index.php/jo...

Home minister: Unregistered marriages, jailed parents and cost misconceptions leave thousands without IDs MACHANG, March 1 — Unregistered marriages, the imprisonment of parents and misunderstandings over purported high registration costs are among the key reasons that tens of...

Thousands in Malaysia left stateless without IDs due to unregistered marriages & jailed parents. Misconceptions & systemic gaps fail the vulnerable. Urgent action needed. #Statelessness #Malaysia

Home minister: Unregistered marriages, jailed parents and cost misconceptions leave thousands without IDs MACHANG, March 1 — Unregistered marriages, the imprisonment of parents and misunderstandings over purported high registration costs are among the key reasons that tens of...

Thousands in Malaysia left stateless due to unregistered marriages, jailed parents & misconceptions. A crisis leaving children without IDs & basic rights. Urgent action needed. #Statelessness #Malaysia

Thread on the amicus briefs focusing on #statelessness in the litigation before SCOTUS against the attack on birthright citizenship

Armenian Refugees in French Mandate Syria In the aftermath of the First World War, the Armenian Genocide, and the Turkish War of Independence, Syria became host to thousands of Armenian refugees. In thi…

Looks interesting: new book “Armenian Refugees in French Mandate Syria: #Statelessness and Nation-Building in the Middle East” - caught between “competing state-building efforts led by the French mandate authorities, Syrian nationalists and Soviet Armenia”
www.bloomsbury.com/us/armenian-...

This week, we launched new and updated data to our #StatelessnessIndex.

In our latest editorial, Patricia Cabral offers an overview of the most significant developments and opportunities ahead.

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#Statelessness #Europe

Essential roundup of current state of play regarding citizenship deprivation and #statelessness in Assam, India

📄 A new human rights #submission on childhood #statelessness & #trafficking shows how lack of nationality puts children at risk of exploitation and abuse. It calls for #nationality law reform, universal birth registration, & stronger child protection👉 bit.ly/3O8HsiJ

The right to equal citizenship: A decade of global action for gender-equal nationality laws (2014-2025) An impact report examining global action between 2014 and 2025 to end gender discrimination in nationality laws and advance equal citizenship rights.

A decade of wins in nationality rights: 18 reforms. 50+ UN processes engaged. Stronger global standards for gender-equal citizenship.

Read the report: equalitynow.org/resource/rep...

#NationalityRights #GenderEquality #HumanRights #Statelessness

Statement by the ACHPR on the second anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on the Specific Aspects of the Right to Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa: Call for sig... Statement by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights on the second anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on the Specific Aspects of the R

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights calls on States to ratify the Protocol to the ACHPR on the right to a nationality and eradication of #statelessness in Africa, noting that no ratifications yet lodged 2 years after its adoption
achpr.au.int/en/news/pres...

Red Cross family tracing services an underestimated but critical element in the prevention of future #statelessness

Upholding the African Charter: Why South Sudan Must Implement the African Commission’s Decision on Ms. Animu A. Risasi – IHRDA

Call on South Sudan to restore the nationality and identity documents of former MP Animu Athiei Risasi : Joint press release from IHRDA, @institute-si.bsky.social
Global Movement to end #Statelessness and African statelessness networks
www.ihrda.org/2026/02/upho...

Meet our speakers for our 2026 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe!

Taking place online on 25th February, 12.30-13.15 (CET), our annual webinar provides an opportunity to learn about the latest law and policy developments on #statelessness.

Register here: buff.ly/bkWTAhL

📢 No child should be stateless.

@coe.int CDCJ has released a Compendium of Promising Practices on Access to Nationality for Stateless Children, with contributions from ENS. 👉 rm.coe.int/compendium-a...
#Statelessness #ChildrensRights

READ our joint statement on the impact of the UK Government’s #EarnedSettlement proposals on #statelessness in the UK.

If introduced, these proposals will cause significant harm to affected migrants, refugees and stateless people.

Learn more: buff.ly/SpziNI3

In our latest guest blog, Narine Baghdasaryan of Mission Armenia reflects on the launch of Armenia's #StatelessnessIndex profile, and looks ahead to future actions Armenia can take to eradicate #statelessness.

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interesting ... I'll take a look. I am interested in science fiction that addresses the issue of #statelessness ...

❣️ “In this community, we create beginnings…”

WATCH: Longstanding ENS community member Lynn performs her poem ‘To be stateless means…’ at our joint conference with Statefree in Berlin, November 2025.

#Statelessness #HumanRights #CollectiveAction #Poetry

Original post on mato.social

"The Convergence of Two Sins:
These two events, (1) the myth of #statelessness and (2) the #immunity from legal liability, fed each other. The fantasy of a separate cyberspace provided the ideological cover for the exceptional legal treatment worldwide. Why burden these pioneers with old-world […]

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#Statelessness #LegalAdvice #HumanRights #Migration #Asylum #Europe

🚀2025 Year in Review is out! In this publication we offer an overview of all the important developments from the field of #statelessness & the #RightToANationality from last year! We also selected 25 standout resources from 2025. Read the full issue here👉🏽 bit.ly/4riUuZn