Statelessness

As the authors write in this Forced Migration Review article, "Stateless persons do not register on the international community’s radar screen." Here are several recent publications that provide more information about the millions of people around the world who lack a nationality and who suffer discrimination and human rights violations as a result.

Publications/reports:

"Betwixt and Between: Refugees and Stateless Persons in Limbo," Refuge, vol. 22, no. 2 (Sept. 2005) [text]

"Holes in the Rights Framework: Racial Discrimination, Citizenship, and the Rights of Noncitizens," Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 20, no. 3 (2006) [text]

Lives on Hold: The Human Cost of Statelessness (Refugees International, 2005) [text]

"Nationality and Reduction of Statelessness: International, Regional and National Perspectives," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3 (2006) [contents]

"Statelessness: A Forgotten Human Rights Crisis," Forced Migration Review, no. 24 (Nov. 2005) [text]

Web pages:

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "Documents on Nationality and Statelessness" [access]
- Note: The mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Non-citizens, David Weissbrodt, was not renewed when it expired April 2004.

Refugees International, "Stateless People" [access]

UNHCR, "Who Is Stateless?" [access]

Posted in Publications and Web Sites.