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Third party interventions and publications on litigation on statelessness
Interventions relevant to statelessness
Interventions before international and regional courts
- Intervention by ENS and The AIRE Centre before the ECtHR in Ramadani v. Serbia (Application No. 32903/22), June 2024 on the right to immediate birth registration without discrimination and the importance of nationality under the ECHR
- Intervention by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe), European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), and Dutch Council for Refugees (DCR) before the ECtHR in Suji v. Greece (Application No. 13250/23), March 2024 on the right to family reunification of stateless refugees under the ECHR
- Intervention by ENS and The AIRE Centre before the ECtHR in Dabetić v. Italy (Application No. 31149/12), January 2022 on accessible routes to protection for stateless persons (application declared inadmissible). Decision published 18 December 2022, see summary on the Statelessness Case Law Database
- Intervention by UNHCR in case C-349/20 NB & AB v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (UK) before the CJEU, June 2021, on the cessation of protection or assistance from UNRWA for stateless Palestinians. Judgment published 3 March 2022, see summary on the Statelessness Case Law Database
- Intervention by ENS and The AIRE Centre before the ECtHR in Pham v. UK (Application No. 37478/20), April 2021 on the obligation to assess whether statelessness would result from a decision to deprive a person of their nationality
- Intervention by UNHCR before the ECtHR in Hoti v. Croatia (Application No. 63311/14), July 2015 on statelessness due to State succession and regularisation of status. Judgment published on 26 July 2018, see summary on the Statelessness Case Law Database
- Intervention by UNHCR before the ECtHR in Kurić and Others v. Slovenia (Application No. 26828/06), June 2011 on the legal implications of statelessness linked to residence status and citizenship resulting from State succession. Judgment published 26 June 2012, see summary on the Statelessness Case Law Database
- Intervention by UNHCR before the ECtHR in Lakatosh and Others v. Russia (Application No. 32002/10), March 2011 on challenges faced by stateless people in the context of arbitrary detention and lack of legal rights (application struck out)
Interventions before national courts
- Intervention by UNHCR before the Dutch Council of State in case number 202105598/1/A3, February 2022 regarding effective standards in statelessness determination
- Intervention by UNHCR before the Borgarting Court of Appeal of Norway, September 2018 regarding the interpretation of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons on statelessness determination and residence
- Intervention by UNHCR before the High Court of Ireland in the case of B.D. (Bhutan and Nepal) v. The Minister for Justice and Equality and Others, June 2018 on the correct interpretation and application of refugee and statelessness law. Judgment published 17 July 2018, see summary on the Statelessness Case Law Database
- Intervention by ENS before the Borgarting Court of Appeal of Norway in case number 17-073503ASD-BORG/0, May 2018 on the right of stateless people to residence under the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
- Intervention by UNHCR before the UK Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in the case of AS (Guinea) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, February 2018 regarding statelessness determination. Judgment published 12 October 2018, see summary on the Statelessness Case Law Database
- Intervention by UNHCR before the Swedish Migration Court of Appeal in case number UM 8384-16, UM 8384-16, April 2017 on UNRWA protection for stateless Palestinians
- Observations by UNHCR before the Constitutional Court of Hungary in the case of X v Office of Immigration and Nationality (17.K.32.297/2013), November 2014 on statelessness determination procedures in Hungary and its compatibility with international standards
Publications
- ENS, Litigation Toolkit on Statelessness for Legal Practitioners, Volumes I and II (updated June 2024, originally published October 2022)
- UNHCR and Open Society Foundations, Litigating the Right to a Nationality: A Guide for Practitioners (November 2024)
- ENS, Legal briefing, Statelessness and the right to respect for family and private life (October 2024)
- ENS, Legal briefing, Statelessness and the prohibition on discrimination against Romani communities (June 2024)
- ENS, Discussion paper, An Obligation for Statelessness Determination under the European Convention on Human Rights? (September 2014)