Legal briefing on the rights of stateless Palestinians in the UK
September 2025
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This briefing is published and authored by the European
Network on Statelessness (ENS). ENS is a civil society
alliance of over 180 organisations and individual experts in
41 countries committed to addressing statelessness in
Europe. Everyone has the right to a nationality. ENS
believes this must be respected and that the human rights
of people who lack a nationality – stateless people – must
be protected. ENS is dedicated to working with stateless
people in Europe to advocate for their rights and aims to
reach its goals through law and policy development,
awareness-raising, and capacity-building.
ENS is very grateful to all who gave their time and expertise
to review and comment on drafts of this briefing, and
particularly to the members of ENS’ Community Advisory
Board for its work with Palestinians, and ENS members based in the UK. We also wish to acknowledge the
contribution of lawyers who have provided case summaries to the Statelessness Case Law Database, and
who support our impact litigation efforts across Europe.
The publication of this briefing was supported by a grant from the
Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
ENS would also like to acknowledge the financial support and time contributions made through our probono partnerships with a number of law firms, which is essential to the development and continuous
improvement of the Statelessness Case Law Database.
The Statelessness Case Law Database is a free online
resource containing national and regional case law
covering Europe, as well as international jurisprudence
addressing statelessness. The database covers jurisprudence from any jurisdiction in Europe, the
European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union and UN human rights
treaty bodies. It is managed by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) with contributions
and support from ENS members and partners.
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