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Third-party interventions relevant to statelessness
Before international and regional courts
- Intervention by ENS and The AIRE Centre in Ramadani v. Serbia (ECtHR, application no. 32903/22), June 2024 on the right to immediate birth registration without discrimination and the importance of nationality under the ECHR
- Intervention by ENS, The AIRE Centre, ECRE and DCR in Suji v. Greece (ECtHR, application no. 13250/23), March 2024 on the right to family reunification of stateless refugees under the ECHR
- Intervention by ENS and The AIRE Centre in Dabetić v. Italy (ECtHR, application no. 31149/12), January 2022 on accessible routes to protection for stateless persons (application declared inadmissible). Decision published 18 December 2022, see summary
- Intervention by UNHCR in NB & AB v. SSHD (CJEU, case C-349/20), June 2021, on the cessation of protection or assistance from UNRWA for stateless Palestinians. Judgment published 3 March 2022, see summary
- Intervention by ENS and The AIRE Centre in Pham v. UK (ECtHR, application no. 37478/20), April 2021 on the obligation to assess whether statelessness would result from a decision to deprive a person of their nationality
- Intervention by UNHCR in Hoti v. Croatia (ECtHR, application no. 63311/14), July 2015 on statelessness due to State succession and regularisation of status. Judgment published on 26 July 2018, see summary
- Intervention by UNHCR in Kurić and Others v. Slovenia (ECtHR, application no. 26828/06), June 2011 on the legal implications of statelessness linked to residence status and citizenship resulting from State succession. Judgment published 26 June 2012, see summary
- Intervention by UNHCR in Lakatosh and Others v. Russia (ECtHR, application no. 32002/10), March 2011 on challenges faced by stateless people in the context of arbitrary detention and lack of legal rights (application struck out)
Before national courts
- Intervention by UNHCR before the Dutch Council of State in case number 202105598/1/A3, February 2022 regarding effective standards in statelessness determination
- Intervention by UNHCR before the Borgarting Court of Appeal of Norway, September 2018 regarding the interpretation of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons on statelessness determination and residence
- Intervention by UNHCR before the High Court of Ireland in the case of B.D. (Bhutan and Nepal) v. The Minister for Justice and Equality and Others, June 2018 on the correct interpretation and application of refugee and statelessness law. Judgment published 17 July 2018, see summary on the Statelessness Case Law Database
- Intervention by ENS before the Borgarting Court of Appeal of Norway in case number 17-073503ASD-BORG/0, May 2018 on the right of stateless people to residence under the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
- Intervention by UNHCR before the UK Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in the case of AS (Guinea) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, February 2018 regarding statelessness determination. Judgment published 12 October 2018, see summary on the Statelessness Case Law Database
- Intervention by UNHCR before the Swedish Migration Court of Appeal in case number UM 8384-16, UM 8384-16, April 2017 on UNRWA protection for stateless Palestinians
- Observations by UNHCR before the Constitutional Court of Hungary in the case of X v Office of Immigration and Nationality (17.K.32.297/2013), November 2014 on statelessness determination procedures in Hungary and its compatibility with international standards