13 August 2026

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Short pieces:

Challenge to citizenship refusal under section 3(1) by stateless children refused for lack of supporting evidence (Free Movement Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

The State That Survives, the Citizen Who Doesn’t (RLI Blog, July 2026) [text]
- Discusses ramifications of the ICJ's recent Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

Spotlight series: Statelessness (Global Voices, August 2026) [access]
- Posts in this series have continued into August.

Status Stripped: Current and Potential Abuse of the U.S. Denaturalization Process (Oxford Human Rights Hub, July 2026) [Part I] [Part II] [Part III

UNHCR Welcomes Portuguese Law to Strengthen Protection for Stateless Persons (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

You can’t go back to a country that doesn’t exist (The Hill, July 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the US. See also related WRC blog post.

Reports: 

Birthright Citizenship and Pregnant Immigrant Women: Ensuring Access to Citizenship After Trump v. Barbara (Women's Refugee Commission, July 2026) [text]

From Interpretation to International Law-Making? A Legal Assessment of UNHCR’s Mandate, Practice and Authority relating to Statelessness, Dissertation (KU Leuven, Aug. 2026) [abstract]
- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 27 Aug. 2027. 

Update on statelessness, including the Global Alliance, 96th meeting of the Standing Committee, UN Doc. No. EC/77/SC/CRP.11 (Executive Comm. of the High Commissioner's Programme, June 2026) [text]
- See also related remarks.

Journal articles:

"Bureaucratic Blindspot: The Deportation of Stateless Bhutanese," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 21 July 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

"Proportionality of terrorism-based deprivation of citizenship under the ECHR," International Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 3 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"Statelessness and Regional Responsibility: The Rohingya Crisis, Thailand's Role, and ASEAN's Response," Modern Academic Development and Promotion Journal, vol. 4, no. 4 (2026) [open access]

"What is wrong with denationalization: Citizenship revocation and social equality," European Journal of Political Theory, OnlineFirst, 30 July 2026 [open access]

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