29 August 2026

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness:

65 years after landmark Convention, UNHCR calls for renewed action to prevent statelessness [text]
- "Statelessness is preventable and solvable. What is needed is political will to act. Sixty-five years after the promise of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, millions of people worldwide are still waiting for the most basic recognition of all: the right to a nationality. A right to belong."

The Global Alliance to End Statelessness will be hosting a virtual panel discussion on 2 September 2026 to mark the anniversary. Follow this link for more details and to register. 

Opportunities:

Call for registration: Statelessness Essentials - Child Rights Edition, Online, 22 September–1 December 2026 [info]
- Registration opens 1 September 2026. No deadline indicated.

Book launch/lecture: Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe: Rethinking Politics, Law, Security, and Human Rights, Leiden, 29 September 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

After Supreme Court setback, Trump again targets immigration by expanding definition of birthright citizenship (The Conversation, Aug. 2026) [text]

Mobility Without Membership? Nationality (In)security in Pacific Migration Pathways in the Context of Climate Change (CSS Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Thailand Strengthens its Commitment to Ending Statelessness Through a New National Action Plan (Global Alliance to End Statelessness, Aug. 2026) [text]
- See also related UNICEF story.

Reports & journal articles:

As Denaturalization Lawsuits Surge, Their Basis Lacks Transparency (TRAC, Aug. 2026) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

"Denaturalization's Missing Limit," Northwestern University Law Review Online, vol. 121 (2026) [full-text]

"Outsourcing protection: lessons from bilateral responses to statelessness," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 20 Aug. 2026 [open access]
- "This article examines the legality of the bilateral agreement made between the United Arab Emirates and the Comoros [that involved supplying] Comorian passports to the United Arab Emirates’ stateless bidun population in exchange for the payment of US$200 million."

Spotlight on Statelessness (January-June 2026) (UNHCR, Aug. 2026) [text]

"West African Countries Offer Citizenship to Descendants of Enslaved Africans," Migration Information Source, 5 Aug. 2026 [text]

Multimedia:

Myanmar: Architecture of Statelessness, 18 Aug. 2026 [access]

Women and Statelessness, 17 Aug. 2026 [access]
- Discussion with author of forthcoming book, Legal Ghosts: Statelessness in a Nation of Citizens. Focuses on the US.

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