Statelessness Programme

2 weeks left to nominate for the 2015 edition of the UNHCR Award for Statelessness Research!
https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/institutes-and-research-groups/statelessness/unhcr-award/

Tilburg University - UNHCR-award The Statelessness Program is an initiative dedicated to research, training and outreach on statelessness and related issues.

One week left to apply for the 2015 edition of the Statelessness Summer Course in Tilburg. Here's where you can find all the details: http://www.institutesi.org/ourwork/summercourse.php

For any students of Tilburg University who are planning to take the course 'Nationality, Statelessness and Human Rights' this semester: you can now enrol on Blackboard and download the course outline!

The new Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion is looking for a Volunteer/Intern to help with legal research on statelessness and human rights. Are you enrolled in a masters programme in (international) law or have you recently graduated? Are you based in the Netherlands and interested in gaining some work experience? Here are details of the vacancy: http://www.institutesi.org/vacancy_volunteer_intern_spring_2015.pdf. Application deadline is 21 January!

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'One in 500 people living with no nationality' - an article by Thomsons Reuters based on The World''s Stateless report http://www.trust.org/item/20141215150611-mu4xp/?source=jtHeadlineStory

One in 500 people living with no nationality - report "If every stateless person was counted together as a single country it would be the 70th largest"

It is our pleasure to inform you that the first publication of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion – The World's Stateless– is officially being launched today!

The report is available for download via our website (www.InstituteSI.org) or directly at the following link: www.InstituteSI.org/worldsstateless.pdf.

You will also be able to order a hard copy by print-on-demand through our website soon.

Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion is an independent non-profit organisation dedicated to leading an integrated, inter-disciplinary response to the injustice of statelessness and exclusion.

New statelessness position in Khartoum at UNHCR

Protection Officer (Statelessness) Project Title: Prevention of Statelessness in Sudan Organisation: UNHCR Job Title: Protection Officer (Statelessness) Duty Station: Khartoum, SUDAN Duration: from 01 January 2015 for 9 months Contract Type: International Individual Contractor

The group work sessions in our MENA course are well under way! An amazing group of participants from across the region are working on case studies to address some of the main statelessness challenges they face.

Our Regional MENA statelessness course is well under way! In the beautiful surroundings or Bogazici University in Istanbul day 1 is already providing fascinating and advanced discussions on statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

Want to help UNHCR with its campaign to end statelessness by 2024? Apply now for this 6-month consultancy with the team at headquarters http://www.unhcr.org/5481d1966.html

Statelessness Campaign Assistant

The Himalayan Times front page piece on the discrimination in nationality laws in Nepal - a great read.
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PhD opportunity at University of Birmingham on http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=49704&LID=150

Find A PhD Project: Understanding excess and deficit of citizenship amongst stateless... Apply for a PhD: Understanding excess and deficit of citizenship amongst stateless individuals and dual citizens at School of Social Policy; University of Birmingham

A very exciting new resource on statelessness, developed by 4 journalists and focusing on the issue in Western Europe and the USA has just been launched: http://www.statelessvoices.com/home/

UNHCR statelessness section at headquarters in Geneva is looking for a new intern! Great opportunity to learn from working with a great team of people!

DIP Internship

What is it like for people who are stateless in "the West"? This great new project by 4 journalists investigates and helps to give a voice to the experiences of stateless persons in the European Union and United States. Read about it in this week's ENS blog http://www.statelessness.eu/blog/stateless-voices

Stateless Voices | European Network on Statelessness Blog about storytelling project of 4 journalists on stateless persons in Europe and USA, aimed to give stateless in "the West" a voice

University of Amsterdam course for lawyers on statelessness in the Netherlands next March: fees have been reduced to help enable more people to attend :-) http://eggens.uva.nl/ons-cursusaanbod/ons-cursusaanbod/ons-cursusaanbod/content/folder-2/03/staatloosheid-in-bestuurs--nationaliteits--en-vreemdelingenrecht.html

Staatloosheid in bestuurs-, nationaliteits- en vreemdelingenrecht - Eggens Instituut -... Staatloosheid in bestuurs-, nationaliteits- en vreemdelingenrecht 12mrt2015 12:30 - 17:03 Cursus Wanneer is iemand staatloos? Wat voor rechten hebben staatlozen in Nederland? Hoe kunnen ze het Nederlanderschap verkrijgen? En hoe zijn Nederlanders beschermd tegen staatloosheid? Inschrijven Staatloosh…

For anyone in London.... there's a screening tomorrow evening of a documentary on statelessness in Estonia! Starts at 7pm at the London College of Communication

Grey Valeria is 27 years old, she works as a journalist, she loves photography and comes from nowhere. Her undetermined nationality is a consequence of the dissolution…

New UNHCR mapping study out now on statelessness in Finland http://www.refworld.org/docid/546da8744.html

Refworld | Mapping Statelessness in Finland Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks.…

Yesterday evening The Stream programme on Aljazeera focused on the issue of Ending Statelessness. A very interesting watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERUDNZMosHs =968

Ending statelessness On The Stream: What will it take to give legal status to the world's 10 million stateless people?

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to the incredible Caia Vlieks for winning the 2014 Tilburg University Research Master thesis award with her dissertation exploring the legal and conceptual differences between statelessness 'in situ' and statelessness in a migratory context

Happy Universal Children's Day! As the world celebrates 25 years since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Network on Statelessness launches its new campaign: "None of Europe's Children should be Stateless". Read this blog about why the campaign is important http://www.statelessness.eu/blog/launch-ens-campaign-none-europe%E2%80%99s-children-should-be-stateless

Launch of ENS Campaign - None of Europe’s children should be stateless | European Network on... Blog on childhood statelessness, with selection of examples from around Europe, on ENS campaign launch 'None of Europe's Children should be Stateless'

Map: Every 10 minutes, a stateless baby is born There are millions in the world who don't have a nationality

A moving first video now out as part of the Stateless Voices project, which is producing a series of short films about the lives of stateless persons in Europe and the US... http://www.statelessvoices.com/home/

Wanneer is iemand staatloos? Wat voor rechten hebben staatlozen in Nederland? Hoe kunnen ze het Nederlanderschap verkrijgen? En hoe zijn Nederlanders beschermd tegen staatloosheid? UvA organiseert in maart een PAO cursus voor advocaten + juristen over staatloosheid in bestuurs-, nationaliteits- en vreemdelingenrecht... http://eggens.uva.nl/ons-cursusaanbod/ons-cursusaanbod/ons-cursusaanbod/content/folder-2/03/staatloosheid-in-bestuurs--nationaliteits--en-vreemdelingenrecht.html

Staatloosheid in bestuurs-, nationaliteits- en vreemdelingenrecht - Eggens Instituut -... Staatloosheid in bestuurs-, nationaliteits- en vreemdelingenrecht 12mrt2015 12:30 - 17:03 Cursus Wanneer is iemand staatloos? Wat voor rechten hebben staatlozen in Nederland? Hoe kunnen ze het Nederlanderschap verkrijgen? En hoe zijn Nederlanders beschermd tegen staatloosheid? Inschrijven Staatloosh…

Jordan moves towards ending discrimination against women and their children in nationality laws... hopefully... http://www.trust.org/item/20141112075551-y5kme/

Jordan moves towards ending discrimination against women and their children in nationality laws Discriminatory laws restrict women’s social and legal rights, and their children’s access to healthcare and education

Does a child born in the EU, who would have been an EU citizen had the Member State of birth complied with its international obligations, but who is stateless instead, fall within the scope of EU law? - This fascinating and important question is explored in the latest ENS blog: http://www.statelessness.eu/blog/litigating-strategically-stateless-children-born-eu .lz6HTq8g.dpuf

Litigating Strategically: Stateless children born in the EU | European Network on Statelessness Does a child born in the EU, who would have been an EU citizen had the Member State of birth complied with its international obligations, but who is stateless instead, fall within the scope of EU law? This post suggests a strategy for seeking an answer to this question from the European Court of Jus…

Massive thank you to everyone who has contributed to the start-up of the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion. If you would still like to make a small donation, there are 70 hours left before the crowdfunding campaign ends: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/institute-on-statelessness-and-inclusion

Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Promoting the inclusion and participation of the stateless and disenfranchised

Just over a month and a half ago 300 people came to the Hague to discuss statelessness at the First Global Forum on Statelessness. Enjoy this selection of pictures that we have of the event.