Statelessness Update

Refworld's Statelessness page now highlights "Recent Accessions to the Statelessness Conventions." The latest is Burkina Faso, which acceded to the 1954 Convention on 1 May 2012.

Recent publications:

Bureaucratic Mess in Juba Puts Millions on Path to Statelessness (Refugees International Blog, April 2012) [text]

The Compatibility of Nationality Laws in Vietnam and Relevant International Standards (Statelessness Programme Blog, April 2012) [text]

"Living on the Margins: 'Illegality,' Statelessness, and the Politics of Removal in Twentieth-Century Europe and the United States," Washington, DC, 9-11 Feb. 2012 [info]
- An overview of the conference is available here.

Myanmar: State of Statelessness (Statelessness Programme Blog, April 2012) [text]

"Soft Law" Entrepreneurship and the Right of the Child to a Nationality in an Era of Migration (Statelessness Blog, May 2012) [text]

Statelessness Prevention in Indonesia: Strengthening the Nationality Legislation (Statelessness Programme Blog, April 2012) [text]

Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.