The Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, which is marking its 50th anniversary, remains the best international tool we have to help the more than 12 million people around the world who have no nationality anywhere.
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Posted in: Africa, Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: citizenship, Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, nationality, Sebastian Kohn, statelessness
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In this interview, Open Society Roma Initiatives Fellow Mensur Haliti explains why census mobilization matters, and what drives his personal commitment to Roma emancipation.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Albania, Balkan Egyptians, Balkans, Bernard Rorke, Blindspot, Bosnia & Herzegovina, census, citizenship, Decade of Roma Inclusion, European Roma Rights Centre, European Union, Forum of Roma IDPs, Ivaca Dacic, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mensur Haliti, Montenegro, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, refugees, Roma, Serbia, statelessness, use your ballot wisely, Yugoslavia
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The Dominican Republic is talking up reforms in its discriminatory process for acquiring national identity documents. A closer look reveals a much less encouraging picture.
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Believe it or not, one of the richest countries on earth simply cannot be bothered to document the size of its stateless population, let alone resolve this long-standing problem.
Posted in: Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: bidoon, citizenship, equality and citizenship, Kuwait, minority rights, Sebastian Kohn, statelessness
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It's rare that statelessness finds its way into the headlines. But with one minister resigning and another now under attack, a fight over citizenship policy is roiling the political scene in Denmark.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: citizenship, Denmark, Facebook, H.P. v. Denmark, immigration, Laura Bingham, Palestinians, statelessness, xenophobia
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A new study shows that differences between Muslims and other Danes are exaggerated in the public discourse, and that we have a lot more in common than not.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: citizenship, Copenhagen, Denmark, immigration, Klaus Dik Nielsen, Muslims, Palestinians, xenophobia
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In Kenya, secret government edicts ensure that millions face discrimination when they try to secure access to nationality and basic rights. But a new case before the High Court in Mombasa is chipping away at the practice.
Posted in: Africa, Rights & Justice
Topics: citizenship, equality and citizenship, Kenya, Nubians, Sebastian Kohn, statelessness, vetting, video
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On the 60th anniversary of World Human Rights Day, the date when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN, how far have we come in realizing that document's promise?
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Understanding the complex situation of stateless ethnic Russians in Estonia requires understanding the history of Estonia itself.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: citizenship, David Vseviov, Estonia, Russia, Soviet Union, statelessness, World War I
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"Are my documents in order?" I asked the official. This was my fifth attempt in ten years to obtain a Kenyan passport. Now I was before the Criminal Investigations Department for an in-person "vetting." As a Nubian, it was no surprise that I had been selected.
Posted in: Africa, Rights & Justice
Topics: Adam Hussein Adam, citizenship, Kenya, Nubians, racism, statelessness