The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is a Roma-led international public interest law organisation working to combat anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma. The approach of the ERRC involves strategic litigation, international advocacy, research and policy development and training of Romani activists. The ERRC has consultative status with the Council of Europe, as well as with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. ROMA BELONG The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) is a civil society alliance with over 100 members in 40 countries committed to addressing statelessness in Europe. ENS believes that all human beings have a right to a nationality and that those who lack nationality altogether are entitled to full protection. ENS aims to achieve its mission through awareness-raising, law & policy and capacity-building activities. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) is an independent non-profit organisation committed to an integrated, human rights based response to the injustice of statelessness and exclusion through a combination of research, education, partnerships and advocacy. NGO “Desyate Kvitnya” (“The Tenth of April”) is an independent, voluntary and non-profit organisation, which was established on 1 August 2012 and named after the birthday of one of the founders of international law – Hugo Grotius de Groot. “Desyate Kvitnya” was founded by a team of activists with more than 20 years of experience in the sphere of human rights protection with the aim to support the development of civil society in Ukraine, to enhance legal awareness, and to protect rights of particularly vulnerable social groups. Since its foundation, “Desyate Kvitnya” has been carrying out different projects aimed at human rights protection with the support of the international organisations including UNHCR, ERRC, ENS, ISI, USAID, and others. The #RomaBelong project is a joint initiative by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) and the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) in collaboration with partner organisations in Albania (Tirana Legal Aid Society), Bosnia-Herzegovina (Vaša prava BiH Association), Macedonia (Macedonian Young Lawyers Association), Montenegro (Mladi Romi), Serbia (Praxis) and Ukraine (Desyate Kvitnya). The project aims to better understand and address Romani statelessness (and risk of statelessness) in European Union candidate and neighbourhood countries in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia), and Ukraine. CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATION PROMOTING EQUALITY Statelessness, Discrimination and Marginalisation of Roma in Ukraine MARCH 2018 CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATION PROMOTING EQUALITY