Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

News:

My web guide on statelessness has just been updated!

Events & opportunities:

CFP: Statelessness and Citizenship Review [info]
- Submission deadline for second issue is 31 July 2019.

Book launch: International Refugee Law and the Protection of Stateless Persons, Sydney, 8 August 2019 & Melbourne, 15 August 2019

Call for applications: Statelessness Intensive Course, Melbourne, 3-7 February 2020 [info]
- Early bird deadline is 15 August 2019.

Call for applications: 2020 Visiting Fellowships, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness [info]
- Deadline is 31 August 2019.

Call for applications: PhD Scholarships, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness [info]
- Submit applications by 2 September 2019.

Publications (general & regional focus):

Addressing Statelessness in Europe’s Refugee Response: Gaps and Opportunities (ENS & ISI, May 2019) [access]
- Link to report is included in related blog post.

Campaign Update, April-June 2019 (UNHCR, July 2019) [text]

Expert Statement on the Prevention and Eradication of Statelessness in the Americas, The Hague, 2 July 2019 [access]
- Follow link for text in English and Spanish. See also related ENS blog post.

"Invisible Immobilities: Statelessness in Southeast Asia," Routed, 19 April 2019 [text]

Ministerial Conference on the Eradication of Statelessness in the Great Lakes Region, Nairobi, 16-18 April 2019 [info]
- Follow link for conference documents.

Oral Update on the Preparations for the High-level Segment on Statelessness at the Seventieth Plenary Session of the Executive Committee, 75th Meeting of the Standing Committee, 18-20 June 2019 [text]

[Preventing Statelessness among Migrants in North Africa] (LSE Middle East Centre Blog, April-June 2019) [access]
- Blog series based on presentations given at earlier workshop which focused on "statelessness and legal identity in the context of migration." Follow link to access all posts.

Statelessness and Citizenship Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (2019) [open access]
- Inaugural issue with eight articles, several case notes and a book review.

Tilburg Law Review, vol. 24, no. 2 (2019) [open access]
- Special issue on citizenship and statelessness, with eight articles.

Universal Periodic Review, 33rd Session - Overview and Analysis of Recommendations Made on Nationality and Statelessness (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, May 2019) [text]

Why Citizenship is Relevant to Sustainable Development: Considerations for the 2019 High Level Political Forum (European Network on Statelessness et al., June 2019) [access]
- Follow link for briefings prepared for the High Level Political Forum. See also related ENS blog post.

World Conference on Statelessness, The Hague, 26-28 June 2019 [access]
- Follow link for text of keynote speech and livestreams of open and closing plenaries and 10 Grand Challenge sessions.

Web sites/resources:

Stateless Journeys (European Network on Statelessness & Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion) [access]
- Aim of this project is to "examine the relationship between statelessness and forced migration in Europe, to build links with refugees affected by statelessness, and to find out what key stakeholders involved in the refugee response in Europe were doing to address the issue" and "generate an evidence base and tools for advocacy, capacity-building, awareness-raising and community engagement, to protect the rights of stateless refugees and prevent new cases of statelessness arising in the migration context in Europe." Includes country papers/briefings on Greece, Kuwait, Myanmar, Netherlands and Serbia, reports, and multimedia resources.

*Stateless: The World's Most Invisible People (Thomson Reuters Foundation News) [access]
- An "In Focus" feature, with news stories, facts and figures.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (10 May 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (10 May 2019)

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