No Legal Bond, No Family Life 4 19 Conclusion This research aimed at highlighting statelessness as most substantively a human rights issue, with vast consequences on the family. Namely, this article shed light on three issues, which shake the structure of families affected by statelessness. The importance of the right to family unity is well-established, however, despite the above presented violations of this right, and a whole host of others violations, we are yet to see jurisprudence of cases brought against states. Cases should highlight state practices that cease to protect the family through national, regional or international mechanisms as precedents or the introduction of this phenomena in academic or NGO fields. With 2014 heralding the 20th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family, this could provide opportunity for the impacts of statelessness on family life to be highlighted as one of the most severe consequences of statelessness resulting from many other violations. It could add a significant layer to future arguments of addressing statelessness and to current movements of allowing them to safeguard and preserve their families. tilburg law review 19 (2014) 11-19