The Syrian Initiative to Combat Statelessness 84 Conclusion A t the end of the research, we can confirm that we were able to prove the hypothesis: “The unjust and discriminatory Syrian laws against Syrian women, and the neglect of civil society, have resulted in the deprivation of Syrian children of nationality and lineage.” The research allowed us to identify the circumstances that prevented women from using their right to grant citizenship and to identify statelessness cases, and the negative effects on the future of a whole generation of children, namely, the denial of their most basic rights such as health care, education and social services. We were able to show what their future will be in case they did not obtain citizenship, in addition to growing up in unhealthy psychological and social conditions, most of them will not be able to pursue higher education, own property or move freely. Finally yet importantly, they will not have the right to inherit, which will lead to the creation of generations of stateless Syrians. The research also showed that civil and local society bears part of the responsibility for the prevalence of statelessness, especially after the Syrian Revolution. On the one hand, the local community has remained steadfast in its views towards those who are unregistered and stateless, especially the children of fighters of radical Islamic armed groups and the children of women who have been raped, some communities continue to treat them with contempt and refuse to recognize them. In some areas, it has reached the point of getting rid of newborns against the wishes of mothers. On the other hand, civil society organizations have not paid full attention to the issue of statelessness, forgetting the effects that this problem may have on children and society. Especially, with the “Future ISIS fighters” charge attached to a large group of children, as we find that very few organizations have worked to collect data on stateless children or have tried to integrate them in its programs, without full consideration to their needs. Also, many other organizations refrained from providing any aid(health, education or relief) on the pretext of lack of official documents, therefore these children cannot be listed among beneficiaries. This was proved during the study of the experiences of Raqqa and al-Bab, and what is remarkable in these two is the clear contradiction between the views of society and authorities of statelessness, while the people of Raqqa city have overcome the problem of the inferiority of this group of children and their mothers. We found that the authorities have made no effort to deal with them or find solutions, while the local council in al-Bab has adopted an administrative system that allows these children to enjoy all their full rights through IDs that they can

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