Acknowledgements We thank Cynthia Orchard (BA-Political Science; JD-Law; MSt-International Human Rights Law) for preparing this text. We are also very grateful to experts who contributed to this report, including: Danah Abdulaziz Aracena, Co-founder, United Stateless; Armando Augello Cupi, Founder of the first stateless-led organization based in Italy, Unione Italiana Apolidi (Italian Stateless Union); Azizbek Ashurov, lawyer and expert on statelessness; Sirazul Islam, Youth Director, British Rohingya Community UK and Community Engagement Coordinator, European Network on Statelessness; Aleksejs Ivashuk, Founder of the Apatride Network, and Nina Murray, Head of Policy and Advocacy, European Network on Statelessness. Opening Doors for Children: Prevention of Childhood Statelessness - Good Practices in the OSCE Area Published by: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) ul. Miodowa 10 00-251 Warsaw Poland www.osce.org/odihr OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Prinsessegracht 22 2514 AP The Hague Netherlands www.osce.org/hcnm Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Rue de Montbrillant 94 1202 Geneva Switzerland www.unhcr.org © OSCE/ODIHR 2025 All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-92-9271-433-8 Cover illustration: Asiya Yulamanova Designed by: Michael Lusaba This document is issued for general distribution by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) / Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may be freely used for educational and other non-commercial purposes, provided that any such reproduction is accompanied by an acknowledgement of the OSCE and UNHCR as the source. All footnote hyperlinks last accessed on 13 May 2025.