THEMATIC BRIEFING | SEPTEMBER 2021 Statelessness determination and protection in Europe 35 Acknowledgements This briefing is published and authored by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), a civil society alliance of over 170 organisations and individual experts in 41 countries committed to addressing statelessness in Europe. Everyone has the right to a nationality. ENS believes this must be respected and that the human rights of people who lack a nationality – stateless people – must be protected. ENS is dedicated to working with stateless people in Europe to advocate for their rights and aims to reach its goals through law and policy development, awareness-raising, and capacity-building. ENS is very grateful to all who gave their time and expertise to reviewing and commenting on drafts of this briefing, and especially to Statelessness Index country experts, whose extensive efforts and commitment make the Index what it is. Sponsored by the Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung with funds of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany. This publication or parts of it can be used by others for free as long as they provide a proper reference to the original publication. Cover image credit: © UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau