Endorsed by:
Joint Submission
to the Human Rights Council
at the 41st Session
of the Universal Periodic Review
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
Introduction
1.
Asylum Aid, Liverpool Law Clinic, Roma Support Group, the European Network on
Statelessness (ENS), and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) make this joint
submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and
human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in the United Kingdom (UK).
2.
This submission focuses on statelessness determination and the protection of stateless
persons, risks of arbitrary detention, children’s right to a nationality and deprivation of
nationality.
3.
Annex II provides information about the co-submitting organisations.
4.
This submission has been endorsed by the following organisations and/or members of
ENS: The AIRE Centre; Bail for Immigration Detainees; British Rohingya Community UK;
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit; Migrants’ Rights Network; Salam for
Democracy and Human Rights; the3million; University of Strathclyde Law Clinic.
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