This compendium of promising practices on child statelessness was prepared by the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) and adopted in November 2025. Based on the responses of member states of the Council of Europe to a questionnaire regarding procedures governing statelessness and access to nationality in respect of children, the compendium aims to inspire and encourage states to adopt good practice to address and prevent the statelessness of children and to enable stateless children’s access to nationality. It is divided into four sections that are essential in the access to nationality for stateless children, namely the prevention of stateless­ness amongst children; child-friendly nationality and statelessness determination procedures (legal aid, representation, access to information and justice for children); birth registration; and awareness-raising and training of relevant actors. www.coe.int/cdcj PREMS 001226 The examples illustrate particular aspects of promising practices that may be replicated or adjusted as necessary in the member states of the Council of Europe and beyond to best address child statelessness. ENG www.coe.int The Council of Europe is the continent’s leading human rights organisation. It comprises 46 member states, including all members of the European Union. All Council of Europe member states have signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty designed to protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The European Court of Human Rights oversees the implementation of the Convention in the member states.