many other partners.71 8. VluchtelingenWerk Nederland (Dutch Council for Refugees) seeks to protect and defend the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in the Netherlands. Refugees have the right to a fair asylum procedure, access to adequate housing, education, health care and work. The Dutch Council for Refugees is an independent, non-governmental organisation that defends those rights.72 9. The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) 73 is a civil society alliance of NGOs, lawyers, academics, and other independent experts committed to addressing statelessness in Europe, with over 170 members in 41 European countries. ENS organises its work around three pillars – law and policy development, awareness-raising, and capacity-building. ENS provides expert advice and support to a range of stakeholders, including governments. This submission partially draws on information and analysis from ENS’s Statelessness Index, which covers the Netherlands.74 10. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) is the first and only human rights NGO dedicated to working on statelessness at the global level. ISI’s mission is to promote inclusive societies by realising and protecting everyone’s right to a nationality. The Institute has made over 90 country- specific UPR submissions on the human rights of stateless persons. ISI has also compiled summaries of the key human rights challenges related to statelessness in all countries under review under the 23rd to the 40th UPR Sessions.75 71 For more information about Kinderrechtencollectief, see: www.kinderrechten.nl/kinderrechten-nl/wie-zijn-wij/. For more information about Vluchtelinkenwerk Nederland, see: www.vluchtelingenwerk.nl. 73 For more information about the European Network on Statelessness, see: www.statelessness.eu. ENS relies on its member organisations and individuals experts to provide expert advice in each country. This submission draws on information received from M. Van Burik (individual ENS member), ASKV Refugee Support, the Bhutanese Community in The Netherlands, and New Women Connectors (ENS members and co-submitting organisations). 74 See https://index.statelessness.eu/country/netherlands 75 For more information about the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion’s Advocacy Programme, see: www.institutesi.org/focus-areas/human-rights-advocacy. 72 17