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North Macedonia accedes to the 1961 Statelessness Convention
On 3 January 2020 North Macedonia acceded to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Malta accedes to the 1954 Convention relating to the status of stateless persons
This is a welcome development in Malta’s approach to protecting people affected by statelessness, however
German ‘Migration Package’ poses increased risk of detention for stateless people
In June 2019, the German Parliament approved a new 'migration package' with tighter detention and deportation rules which may negatively…
Latvia takes a decisive step towards eliminating childhood statelessness
On 17 October Latvia's parliament passed legislation that will mean that from 2020, no child will be born in Latvia with "non-citizen…
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 36th Session of the Universal Periodic Review - Bulgaria
The European Network on Statelessness, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) and the Foundation for Access to Rights have prepared a…
Children of French fighters blocked in Syria and Iraq at risk of statelessness
Children born to foreign fighters with French nationality in Iraq and Syria are at risk of statelessness and lack access to birth registration,…
Des enfants de combattants français de Daesh bloqués en Syrie et en Irak exposés au risque d’apatridie
Les enfants nés de combattants étrangers de nationalité française en Irak et en Syrie risquent l'apatridie et n'ont pas accès à l'…
New data published on statelessness in France
The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) has published its 2018 annual report, which includes official…
Nouvelles données françaises sur l’apatridie publiées
L’Office français de protection des réfugiés et des apatrides (OFPRA) a publié son rapport annuel 2018 qui inclut des données sur les statistiques…
Urgent Reforms Needed to Improve UK's Approach to Statelessness
This joint briefing by Consonant, Liverpool Law Clinic and the European Network on Statelessness recommends three urgent reforms for the UK to commit…
Dutch municipalities take action to facilitate local procedures for the registration of stateless people
While the legislative proposal for a statelessness determination procedure in the Netherlands awaits discussion in parliament, some municipalities…
Moldova publishes instructions to implement the law recognising Transnistrian civil status acts
In January 2018, new legal provisions were introduced in Moldova recognising Transnistrian civil status acts. The government has now published…
INDEX UPDATE 2019: NEW INFORMATION FOR MACEDONIA NOW AVAILABLE
In 2018, the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia made a welcome public commitment to addressing civil registration challenges that…
INDEX UPDATE 2019: NEW INFORMATION FOR SWITZERLAND NOW AVAILABLE
The Index update links to a new UNHCR mapping study on statelessness in Switzerland, and now contains analysis of Swiss provisions for the withdrawal…
