CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Nica, Felicia Cristina |
|---|---|
| Title | Born Without Nationality |
| Summary | The present paper aims to bring to the forefront the issue of childhood statelessness which takes place even in a place like the European Union where most Member States signed the relevant international conventions and have additional tools to protect human rights in place. The paper looks at the various causes of statelessness and how Member States, in particular the United Kingdom and Romania, go about tackling this problem. The main question is whether a top to bottom action in the form of an EU directive would help Member States become more efficient in preventing and reducing their statelessness population. Chapter I discusses the cycle of causes for statelessness and methods of acquiring nationality by children in the EU. Chapter II focuses on two countries which although bound by the same international treaties and provisions in EU law have quite different reactions and solutions to this issue. The authority of European judicial bodies (such as the ECtHR and the CJEU) is discussed through the relevant case-law. While valuable principles were formulated by these two courts, it is obvious that they do not have the authority to be the main actor of change. While several Member States have recently adopted statelessness determination procedures, the research will show that this initiative needs to be encouraged and supported in a more formal manner – one which would convince all members of the EU to tackle the problem of stateless people in an efficient manner. |
| Supervisor | Ajevski, Marjan |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/nica_felicia.pdf |
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