In 2017 Ekaterina co-founded United Stateless - the first and only U.S.- based human rights
advocacy organisation led by stateless persons dedicated to solving statelessness in the United
States.
Amina is a Board Member of United Stateless.
United Stateless is a national organisation led by stateless people whose mission is to build and
inspire community among those affected by statelessness, and to advocate for their human
rights.cxlv Members exist all over the United States.
It was invaluable to meet with Ekaterina and Amina. In the case of Ekaterina, I was grateful for the
generosity with which she shared her own story of statelessness, and her passion to address the
issue through her work as a founding member of United Stateless. It was equally wonderful to have
met with Amina and learn about the work of United Statelessness. Australia does not have any
stateless-led group akin to United Stateless, and so it was useful to understand how the
organisation was established and operates, with a view to understanding how interest in the
establishment of a similar organisation in Australia might be ascertained by the Australian
stateless community.
STOP 8: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Organisations and Individuals I met with / activities engaged in:
(a) Meeting: Professor Susan M. Akram, Clinical Professor of Law,
Boston University
Professor Susan Akram directs Boston University’s International
Human Rights Clinic in which she supervises students engaged in legal
advocacy on issues including statelessness.
The meeting allowed me to learn from the operation of a longer
running university-based legal clinic for stateless people, providing me
with an invaluable opportunity to understand the operation, design
and impact of the Clinic. Professor Akram generously shared operation
details with me regarding her clinical program which provided me
with concrete ideas for how I may better support and expand the
Australian Stateless Legal Clinic.
Boston University,
School of Law,
Katie Robertson, 2023
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