The CDCJ publishes a Feasibility study on a non-binding legal instrument on stateless children’s access to nationality

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As a contribution to the Council of Europe Action Plan on Protecting Vulnerable Persons in the Context of Migration and Asylum in Europe (2021-2025) and the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2022-2027), the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) publishes a feasibility study on a non-binding legal instrument on stateless children’s access to nationality, after examining it at its 103^rd plenary meeting (19-21 November 2024).

This study examines key issues such as preventing childhood statelessness, child-friendly nationality determination procedures, age assessments, awareness-raising measures and training of relevant actors. It also reviews existing international standards and national practices and examines what appropriate standard-setting follow-up could be given to address the difficulties faced by stateless children in procedures connected with access to nationality.

Based on this study, the CDCJ agreed to revise Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)13 on the nationality of children, and complement it with a checklist for policy-makers by the end of 2026.

Feasibility study on a non-binding legal instrument on stateless children’s access to nationality

Strasbourg - France 21 February 2025

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The European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) is the Council of Europe intergovernmental body responsible for the standard-setting activities of the Council of Europe with a wide scope of competence in the field of public and private law. Its main role is to draw up standards commonly accepted by the 46 member states and to foster legal co-operation among them.

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Moreover, the standards that the CDCJ has developed and the expertise of the members of its Committee are used in the framework of legal co-operation projects developed for the benefit of member States and neighbourhing countries wishing to benefit from assistance in their justice sector reforms.