Stay Tuned This section covers other litigation developments as well as updates on recent activities that we have been up to. Pending cases The case N.A. v. Sweden (application no. 36702/23, published on 15 July 2024) has been communicated to the European Court of Human Rights. It concerns a stateless applicant of Palestinian origin whose asylum application in Sweden was rejected and he was ordered deportation. Upcoming opportunities ENS Webinar: Litigating on Statelessness: the right to respect for private and family life: Join us on Tuesday 1 October 2024 at 11 am (CET) for a webinar with experts on statelessness and litigators on how the courts can play a role in developing and effectively implementing the right to a nationality and the human rights of stateless people. We will also be launching a new legal briefing on statelessness and the right to respect for private and family life, analysing how this right can secure protection routes for stateless people and uphold the right to a nationality and to birth registration. Register here. Advanced ELENA Course 2024: The course will take place on 22-23 November in Porto, Portugal. Practitioners and others working in migration and refugee law will have the opportunity to hear from speakers from the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the EU and the UN Treaty Bodies. See the event registration page or draft agenda for more information. 2025 Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness Statelessness Intensive Course: Applications are open until 30 September for this online course which provides participants with the skills and practical tools to understand and address the problem of statelessness, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. It runs overs five days in February 2025. Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), and the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) - webinar on Access to Classified Data in National Security Related Immigration Cases: this webinar, funded by the European Philanthropic Initiative for Migration (EPIM), will be held on 17 October from 9 AM to 3 PM (CET). Register here by 6 October. ENS trains members on strategic litigation In July, ENS held a two-day training for ENS members and close partners on strategic litigation on statelessness in partnership with the AIRE Centre. These followed on from two training sessions organised in 2022. The trainings were intended for members and other partners litigating on statelessness. They focused on assisting in identifying suitable cases for litigation, ensuring that cases have strategic merit, navigating the European and international mechanisms and courts, measuring impact, and allowing better harnessing and employment of international law arguments in litigation work. There was also a discussion on challenges and good practices in conducting litigation