15 January 2026

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Short pieces: 

Addressing statelessness in a changing world – using the 2025 GRF Progress Review to assess progress made since the 2024 High-Level Segment on Statelessness (ENS Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Heritage Doesn’t Make Somebody an American (CATO At Liberty Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

Statelessness in the Spotlight: Key GRF Progress Review Highlights (Global Alliance to End Statelessness, Dec. 2025) [text]

Taking Responsibility for those who belong to Australia including women and children from Syrian camps (CSS Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

Thailand resolves legal status of over 100,000 stateless people (UNHCR, Dec. 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"All country summary and recommendations related to the right to a nationality and the rights of stateless persons," Universal Periodic Review, 51st Session, 4th Cycle, 19 – 30 January 2026 (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, Jan. 2026) [access]
- Follow link for this report and country summaries on Lebanon, Oman and Mauritania.

"Del territorio sumergido a la apatridia: lagunas normativas y soluciones jurídicas," Revista Estudios Jurídicos Segunda Época, 25:e9952 (2025) [open access]

Ending Statelessness in Asia and the Pacific: Achievements and Opportunities (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [text]

"'How can you appeal something you don’t know about?' Enforced ignorance within UK citizenship deprivation cases involving 'ISIS-associated' individuals," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 Dec. 2025 [open access]

Lessons for Birthright Citizenship from Suspension of Deportation (SSRN, Dec. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Migrations Société, no. 202:4 (2025) [contents]
- Features a dossier on "Sans nation, sans protection: les apatrides."

"Statelessness & Innovation: Building Power Through Collective Action," Statefree & ENS Conference, 5-7 Nov. 2025 [access]
- Follow link for a joint newsletter sharing conference highlights.

Statelessness in the Context of International Protection, Fact Sheet , no. 41 (EU Agency for Asylum, Dec. 2025) [text]

Multimedia:

Knowledge Webinar 4: Addressing Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws and Policies, 2 Dec. 2025 [access]

"Terror & Fear": Trump Moves to Denaturalize Citizens, End Birthright Citizenship, Halt Visa Lottery (War & Peace Report, Dec. 2025) [access]
- See also related Brennan Center article.

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