Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Call for registration: Statelessness Essentials Online Course [info]

- This tuition-free course has already started, but interested participants may still sign up for the remaining individual sessions (nos. 5-10). 

Webinar: Protecting the rights of stateless Palestinians in the UK, 23 October 2025 [info]

CFP: Citizenship Studies [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "The Refusal of Citizenship." Submit abstracts by 31 October 2025.

Call for applications: 2026 Visiting Fellowships, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Melbourne [info]

- Candidates seeking a *funded* Visiting Fellowship should apply by 30 November 2025.

Short pieces:

Foundlings at risk of statelessness in Kenya: towards strengthened legal protection (ENS Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Hungary: Committee of Ministers ends its supervision of a case concerning the lack of effective and accessible procedures for the determination of statelessness (COE, Oct. 2025) [text]

Nationality and Statelessness During Armed Conflict (Critical Statelessness Studies Blog, July 2025) [text]

Opening doors and preventing childhood statelessness (ENS Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

Paperless, Stateless: How India’s Aadhaar Infrastructure Rewrites Citizenship (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

"Q&A: How recognising Palestine affects stateless Palestinians," Context News, 3 Oct. 2025 [text]

Research Sheds Light on Childhood Statelessness Litigation in Europe (Border Criminologies Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Spotlight on Statelessness: January-June 2025 (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases (Just Security, Sept. 2025)  

- Part III: DOJ’s Arguments Regarding Domicile and Unauthorized Immigrants [text]

- Part IV: DOJ’s Ineffective Responses to Plaintiffs’ Statutory Argument [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Resource:

Palestine Country Page (StatelessHub) [access]

- This new page "brings together key information, analysis, and materials to help illuminate how statelessness continues to shape the lives of Palestinians — a people whose experience sits at the intersection of displacement, denial of nationality, and enduring resilience."

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (4 Sept. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (4 Sept. 2025)