ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) is a civil society alliance with 100 members in over 30 countries, committed to addressing statelessness in Europe. Among other objectives, ENS advocates for the enjoyment of a right to a nationality by all. This report is one of a series of publications and tools produced in support of the ENS Campaign “None of Europe’s children should be stateless” which was launched in November 2014. This report was written by Laura van Waas with supporting research by Sangita Jaghai and Ileen Verbeek – all from the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, an expert partner and member of the ENS Advisory Committee and campaign steering group. Extensive comments, input and/or editorial assistance were provided by experts from within and outside the ENS network: Amal de Chickera, Zoe Gardner, Jyothi Kanics, Ivanka Kostic, Allan Leas, Chris Nash, Rebecca O’Donnell, Aleksandra Semeriak and Inge Sturkenboom. The report draws on research conducted by ENS members in eight countries: Albania (Raimonda Bozo, Vangjel Kosta and Anisa Metalla), Estonia (Aleksei Semjonov, Jelena Karzetskaja and Elena Ezhova), Italy (Daniela Maccioni, Daniela Di Rado and Jessica Gonzalez), Latvia (Svetlana Djackova and Sigita Zankovska-Odina), Macedonia (Martina Smilevska), Poland (Dorota Pudzianowska and Marta Szczepanik), Romania (Carolina Marin) and Slovenia (Katarina Vucko and Neža Kogovšek Šalamon). See Annex 4 for further information about the research content and methodology. The development of this report was further supported by discussion at a regional conference on children’s right to a nationality convened by ENS in Budapest in June 2015, which was attended by over 100 delegates from 30 European countries. ENS is grateful to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Sigrid Rausing Trust for their generous support which made this report possible. ENS also wishes to acknowledge the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion as an expert partner for the ENS campaign “None of Europe’s Children Should be Stateless”, including for this report. EUROPEAN NETWORK ON STATELESSNESS The Network has developed rapidly since its launch in 2012, attracting 100 members in over 30 European countries (see shaded area of map). Our London-based Secretariat coordinates ENS’s law & policy, awareness-raising and capacity-building activities. For further information contact ENS Director Chris Nash (chris.nash@statelessness.eu). Advisory Committee members: ASKV Refugee Support, Netherlands * Asylum Aid, UK * The Equal Rights Trust, UK * European Roma Rights Centre, Hungary * Forum Refugiés-Cosi, France * Halina Niec Legal Aid Centre, Poland * HIAS Ukraine * Human Rights League, Slovakia * Hungarian Helsinki Committee * Immigrant Council of Ireland * The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Netherlands * Latvian Centre for Human Rights * Open Society Justice Initiative * Praxis, Serbia * Hilkka Becker, Ireland * Adrian Berry, UK * Katja Swider, Netherlands Associate member organisations: Aditus Foundation, Malta * AIRE Centre, UK * Archway Foundation, Romania * Association for Integration and Migration, Czech Republic * Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration, Italy *Asylkoordination, Austria * Bail for Immigration Detainees, UK * Belgian Refugee Council, Belgium *British Red Cross, UK * Caritas Vienna, Austria * Civic Assistance Committee for Refugees, Russia * Civil Rights Programme, Kosovo * Coram Children’s Legal Centre, UK * Danish Refugee Council, Denmark * Detention Action, UK * EUDO Citizenship, regional * Faith Hope Love, Russia* Foundation for Access to Rights (FAR), Bulgaria * Greek Council for Refugees, Greece * Helsinki Citizens Assembly, Turkey * Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Poland * Information Legal Centre, Croatia * Innovations and Reforms Centre, Georgia * Italian Council for Refugees, Italy * JRS Romania * Kerk in Actie, Netherlands * Law Centre of Advocates, Moldova * Legal Centre, Montenegro * Legal Clinic for Refugees and Immigrants, Bulgaria * Legal Information Centre on Human Rights, Estonia * Lithuanian Red Cross Society, Lithuania * Liverpool University Law Clinic, UK * Macedonia Young Lawyers Association, Macedonia * Migrant Rights Network, UK * NGO Vitality, Moldova * Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers * Peace Institute, Slovenia * People for Change Foundation, Malta * Portuguese Refugee Council, Portugal * Refugee Action, UK * Refugees International, regional * Tirana Legal Aid Society (TLAS), Albania * Vasa Prava, Bosnia and Herzegovina Individual associate members: Marine Antonyan, Armenia * Katia Bianchini, UK * Dr Judith Beyer, Germany * Zsolt Bobis, Hungary * Michelle Mila van Burik, Netherlands * Ivana Canjuga Bedic, Croatia * Valeriia Cherednichenko, Ukraine * Arsenio Cores, Spain * Eva Ersboll, Denmark * Paolo Farci, lawyer, Italy * Eric Fripp, UK * Monika Ganczer, Hungary * Aleksandra Semeriak Gavrilenok, Spain * Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill, UK * Stans Goudsmit, Netherlands * Stefanie Grant, UK * Professor Rene de Groot, Netherlands * Alison Harvey, UK * Professor James Hathaway, US * Karel Hendriks, Netherlands * Erika Kalantzi, Greece * Jyothi Kanics, Switzerland * Khrystyna Koleson, Ukraine * Manuela Kraus, Germany * Maureen Lynch, US * Helena-Ulrike Marambou, Germany * Carolina Marin, Romania * Reinhard Marx, Germany * Keelin McCarthy, UK * Frances Meyler, UK * Tamas Molnar, Hungary * Hana Van Ooijen, Netherlands * Andrea Saccucci, Italy *Mike Sanderson, UK * Nando Sigona, UK * Kelly Staples, UK * Kostas Tsitselikis, Greece *Jason Tucker, UK * Caia Vlieks, Netherlands * Sarah Woodhouse, UK