Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for applications: Statelessness Hallmark Research Initiative, Univ. of Melbourne [info]
- Submit applications by 31 August 2018. An information meeting about this opportunity will be held in Melbourne on 25 July 2018.

Call for applications: PhD Scholarship on Statelessness, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness [info]
- Apply by 4 September 2018.

Call for applications: Course on Statelessness, Sanremo, Italy, 16-19 October 2018 [info]
- No deadline indicated.

Publications:

Anudo v Tanzania: The African Court Recognises the Right to Nationality under Customary International Law (Oxford Human Rights Hub, April 2018) [text]

A Community-Based Practitioner's Guide: Documenting Citizenship and Other Forms of Legal Identity (Open Society Foundations & Namati, June 2018) [text]
- See also related press release.

International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Member States Conclude First Regional Workshop on the Eradication of Statelessness (ICGLR & UNHCR, April 2018) [text]

NGO Statement on Statelessness, 72nd Meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 19-21 June 2018 [text]

Oral Update on the Campaign to End Statelessness, 72nd Meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 19-21 June 2018 [text]

Regional Preparatory Meeting for the High-level Meeting on Statelessness (2019) and Presentation of the Evaluation and Follow-up Mechanism "Towards Zero Statelessness," Santiago, Chile, 13-14 June [info]
- Includes links to videos.

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/38/52 (UN Human Rights Council, April 2018) [text]
- The Rapporteur's first thematic report “addresses the issue of racial discrimination in the context of laws, policies and practices concerning citizenship, nationality and immigration.” See also additional recommendations.

Statelessness and the Second Revision of the Global Compact for Migration: What Still Needs to be Addressed? (ENS Blog, June 2018) [text]

Universal Periodic Review: 30th Session Overview and Analysis of Recommendations Made on Nationality and Statelessness (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, May 2018) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 1 (11 May 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Nationality & Statelessness - Pt. 2 (Europe) (11 May 2018)

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