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EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY.
NO ONE SHALL BE ARBITRARILY DEPRIVED OF HIS NATIONALITY"
ARTICLE 15, UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) is an independent non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting
inclusive societies by realising and protecting the right to a nationality for all. Established in August 2014, ISI is the
first and only human rights NGO dedicated to working on statelessness at the global level. ISI is incorporated in the
Netherlands, where it has Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) status. One of ISI’s thematic priorities is countering
arbitrary deprivation of nationality. This programme, under which this report was developed, is supported by the Joseph
Rowntree Charitable Trust, Open Society Foundations and the Sigrid Rausing Trust.
The Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) is an online observatory and research network committed to factbased and non-partisan analysis of citizenship laws and electoral rights around the world. GLOBALCIT is based in
Florence at the Global Governance Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute. It relies
on a large international network of country experts, regional coordinators and collaborators who provide input for userfriendly databases, reports and contribute to scholarly exchange. GLOBALCIT’s activities are supported by the Global
Governance Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute; the Research Council of the
European University Institute; and the British Academy Research Project CITMODES, codirected by the University of
Edinburgh and the European University Institute.
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THIS REPORT WAS WRITTEN AND EDITED BY
Luuk van der Baaren and Maarten Vink (GLOBALCIT);
Laura van Waas, Anne Brekoo, Deneisha Moss, and Caia Vlieks (ISI).
Background research and case study analysis by Jozefien Boone, Philomène Franssen, Irene Pérez-Sala,
Uditi Saha, Ottoline Spearman, Anas A. Qazi and Jesus Tolmo Garcia (all (former) ISI staff,
interns and volunteers) was also drawn on for this report.
Alena Jascanka (ISI) was responsible for design and layout of the report.
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