02 November 2021

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Book chapters & journal articles:

Beyond Borders: The Human Rights of Non-Citizens at Home and Abroad (Cambridge Univ. Press, Aug. 2021) [open access]
- Several chapters focus particularly on nationality and statelessness issues including:
Chapter 2: The Unmaking of Citizens: Shifting Borders of Belonging;
Chapter 5: Protection through Revisionism: UNHCR, Statistical Reporting, and the Representation of Stateless People; 
Chapter 7: Imagining New Forms of Belonging: The Futurity of the Stateless;
Chapter 10: Human Rights Are Not Enough: Understanding Noncitizenship and Noncitizens in Their Own Right

*IWMpost, no. 128 (Fall/Winter 2021) [full-text]
- Issue includes focus on "Staatenlos und entrechtet = Stateless and disenfranchised." Articles are in English or German.

Statelessness and Citizenship Review, vol. 3, no. 1 (2021) [open access]
- Symposium issue on "Citizenship and Statelessness in India," with three articles and a commentary.

Reports:

Background Note on Discrimination in Nationality Laws and Statelessness (UNHCR, Oct. 2021) [text]

*Comparative legal analysis of the national legislation and practices of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other Central Asian states in line with the provisions of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (UNHCR, Oct. 2021) [text]

Considerations on the progress and barriers regarding access to Colombian nationality for refugees, migrants and returnees from Venezuela (Danish Refugee Council, July 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"El creciente riesgo de apatridia para los niños nacidos de migrantes venezolanos en Trinidad y Tobago," Boletín OBMICA (Sept. 2021) [text]
- See also English version.

Navigating with a faulty map: access to citizenship documents and citizenship in Myanmar (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Oct. 2021) [text]

Persons at Risk of Statelessness in Serbia: Overview of Current Situation and the Way Forward (UNHCR, Nov. 2020) [text]

Philippines: Policy Briefs on Identified Legislative Priorities (UNHCR, Oct. 2021) [text]

Regional toolkit on nationality legislation (League of Arab States, 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for English and Arabic versions.

Statelessness and Climate Change Factsheet (UNHCR & NRC, Oct. 2021) [text]
- See also Spanish version.

Statelessness determination and protection in Europe: good practice, challenges, and risks, Statelessness Index Thematic Briefing (European Network on Statelessness, Sept. 2021) [text]

*UPDATED

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