Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

In rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, emphasizing the promise of equality in the Declaration of Independence (The Conversation, June 2026) [text]

- See also related post on CATO At Liberty blog and author's assessment via ImmProf blog.

Interview with Radha Govil, the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (ENS, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the Global Caselaw Database, launched in early June 2026. See also related update on a recent ECtHR ruling.

On the journey to EU integration, Ukraine must address statelessness (ENS Blog, June 2026) [text]

Rights groups warn of ‘egregious’ impact of asylum support reforms on stateless people (EIN, June 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Statelessness and the organisation of humanity (CSS Blog, June 2026) [text]

"Twice Stateless: The Double Erasure of Bhutanese Refugees," The Diplomat, 6 July 2026 [text]

UNHCR welcomes efforts to address statelessness among Kurdish communities in Syria (UNHCR, June 2026) [text]

The unrealized promise of equal citizenship: new Legal Atlas maps gender discriminatory nationality laws (ENS, June 2026) [text]

What the world misses when it doesn’t understand statelessness (Global Voices, July 2026) [text]

**See also ISI's Monthly Bulletin for more news, information & resources.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (3 June 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports:

Gender Discriminatory Nationality Laws and the Principle of Gender-Equal Citizenship, Expert Paper in preparation for the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) (Aug. 2025; posted Jan. 2026) [text]

- Note: A priority theme of CSW70 was "Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers."

*Guide to Collaborative Advocacy on Statelessness (European Network on Statelessness, May 2026) [access]

Unmaking Rohingya Statelessness: New Evidence and Opportunities in Myanmar’s Post-Coup Moment (McMullin Centre on Statelessness, April 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Filling the holes in the rights framework: statelessness, racial discrimination, genuine connections and the right to a (specific) nationality," International & Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 75, no. 1 (2026) [postprint]

"'Saya Juga Anak Malaysia': Statelessness and Citizenship Rights in Malaysia," Advocacy to Action, vol. 2, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 51. 

"(Un)rooted elsewhere: Palestinians and the making of a diaspora in the Arab Gulf," British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Latest Articles, 20 April 2026 [open access]

"Voiceless and invisible? Statelessness in Northern Thailand and the purposefully disorganised exercise of agency," Territory, Politics, Governance, Latest Articles, 24 April 2026 [open access]

Resource:

StatelessHub Library [access]

- The collection now includes "over 2,000 resources on statelessness and the right to a nationality. The platform brings together reports, analysis, tools, and publications from across the globe in one free, open-access, searchable database, designed to facilitate knowledge sharing, expand the reach of existing resources, and inspire action on statelessness and the right to a nationality."

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (6 May 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Short pieces:

Collaborating to safeguard children’s identity rights amid global challenges (ENS Blog, March 2026) [text]

Statelessness in Iran: Understanding the Challenges of Nationality and Gender Discrimination (Maastricht Univ. Blog, March 2026) [text]

Study: Americans divided on immigration, but support birthright citizenship (Univ. of Rochester, March 2026) [text]

- See also related NPR article and Pew Research post.

Why North Macedonia needs a Statelessness Determination Procedure (ENS Blog, March 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Building Statelessness-Sensitive ID Systems (World Bank, Feb. 2026) [text]

"Citizenship Revocation as Punishment," Chapter in Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe (De Gruyter, Forthcoming June 2026) [preprint]

"Denaturalization's Missing Limit," Northwestern Univ. Law Review Online (Forthcoming) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

Featured Issue: Threats to Citizenship and Naturalization (AILA, April 2026) [access]

- Focuses on the US.

Toolkit to identify statelessness in Scotland (European Network on Statelessness, March 2026) [access]

Multimedia:

Africa’s new treaty on statelessness and the right to a nationality: How to make it work?, 4 February 2026 [access]

Identifying and protecting displaced stateless people in Europe: What needs to happen next?, 23 March 2026 [access]

Resource:

Legal Atlas on Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws (Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights) [access]

- "An online interactive tool that presents a map of countries with gender discriminatory nationality laws and provides country specific details on the legal and policy framework of the discrimination, including constitutional provisions and international obligations."

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (6 March 2026)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (6 March 2026)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunity:

Webinar: 2026 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe, 25 February 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

Beyond Residual Functions: The IRMCT, the ‘Stateless Eight’, and the Human Rights Obligations of Security Council Subsidiaries (EJIL: Talk Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

From invisible to registered: supporting civil registration and legal documentation for Roma and Egyptians in Montenegro (COE, Jan. 2026) [text]

Stateless in Paradise (The Asylumist Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Working together with stateless communities for change: developing guidelines for meaningful, collaborative advocacy on statelessness (ENS Blog, Jan. 2026) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

2025 Year in Review (Institute on Statelessness & Inclusion, Jan. 2026) [text]

*An Advocacy Toolkit for Civil Society: Advancing the Protocol to the African Charter on Human And Peoples’ Rights Relating to the Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa (Lawyers for Human Rights et al., Nov. 2025) [text]

Birth Registration for Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [access]

- Available in English and French.

"Birthright Citizenship, Denaturalization, and the Specter of Statelessness," UCLA Law Review Discourse, vol. 73 (2026) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

Citizenship Denied: From Dred Scott to Deportation, TMI Social Science Review, no. 22 (Thurgood Marshall Institute, April 2025; posted Jan. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Navigating citizenship in Moldova: Legal changes and rights-based implications (Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan. 2026) [text]

"Questioning the eradication framing of global statelessness work: IBelong and beyond," Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 30 Jan. 2026 [open access]

Statelessness in Denmark: 10 Facts with Recommendations from UNHCR (UNHCR, Jan. 2026) [text]

Multimedia:

Knowledge Webinar Series (Global Alliance to End Statelessness) [access]

- Follow link for recordings of past sessions. 

Sites of Statelessness: Laws, Cities, Seas, 20 Jan. 2026 [access]

- Book discussion.

*Resource:

Legal Atlas
on Birth Registration: A new global tool to strengthen
every child’s right to identity (Child Identity Protection & UNICEF) [access]

- A database of country profiles that provide information on birth registration laws and regulations. The first profile provided is on Cameroon. More info is provided in this LinkedIn post.

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (15 Jan. 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.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (12 Dec. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunities:

Call for applications: Statelessness Intensive Course 2025, Online, 18-24 February 2026 [info]

- Early bird submission deadline is 31 August 2025. Otherwise, the overall deadline is 30 September 2025.

Call for feedback: Have Your Say: Help shape the future of the Statelessness Index [info]

- Follow link for survey. Deadline for responses is 14 September 2025.

14th Online Course on Statelessness, 14 October–6 November 2025 [info]

- Apply by 16 September 2025.

Call for applications: StatelessHub Research Fellowship, ISI, 5 November 2025-30 April 2026 [info]

- Note: This is a part-time, home-based, unpaid position. Apply by 30 September 2025.

Short pieces:

"Forced from Bhutan, Deported by the US: These Stateless Himalayan People are in a Unique Limbo," CNN, 18 July 2025 [text]

Framed as Undocumented, Denied Citizenship Rights: The Case of Bengali Migrant Workers in India (Refugee Watch Online, July 2025) [text]

"History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important," Time Magazine, 14 July 2025 [text]

How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

- See also related ImmigrationProf blog posts, here and here.

IACHR expresses concern over new violations of the right to nationality in Nicaragua (OAS, July 2025) [text]

Justice Department efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans likely violate constitutional rights (The Conversation, July 2025) [text]

- See also related PBS News article.

Statelessness, Human Rights and the Doubling of Criminal Law: Hungary’s New Law on the “Suspension of Citizenship” (EJIL: Talk Blog, July 2025) [text]

Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases, Part I: Unpacking Trump v. CASA, Inc. (Just Security, July 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Allegiance, Treason, and Birthright Citizenship," Loyola University Chicago Law Journal (Forthcoming, 2025) [preprint]

- Focuses on the US.

"Circular Migration of Young Sahrawis Between the Sahrawi Refugee Camps in Algeria and Spain: The Cultural Aspects of Agency within the Precarisation of Legal Status," Migraciones, no. 63 (June 2025) [open access]

- "The Sahrawis are thus a specific group of circular migrants whose work and stay are regularised, however not, as is often the case, through agreements that facilitate seasonal labour and flows of people within the global capitalist economy, but with the use of an international protection tool —the stateless status."

The Impact of Women's Unequal Nationality Rights on Sustainable Development in the Middle East-North Africa Region (Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, July 2025) [text]

Opening Doors for Children: Prevention of Childhood Statelessness - Good Practices in the OSCE Area (OSCE & UNHCR, July 2025) [access]

Proposed Select Draft Articles on Nationality Rights to Ensure Gender Equality (Equality Now &  Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, July 2025) [access]

- See also related news release.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (9 July 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (9 July 2025)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports & book chapters:

Leaving No Child Behind: Childhood Statelessness and the Fight for Inclusive Education (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, April 2025) [text]

"Statelessness in Asia: Causes, Conditions, and Challenges in Context," Introductory chapter in Statelessness in Asia (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2025) [free full-text]

Journal articles:

"Accounting for the stateless: Indian Tamils and the historical construction of racial inequality in Sri Lanka," Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 38, no. 9 (2025) [open access]

"Intersectionality as method for human rights research: Identifying who is made stateless and how through UN treaty body reviews," Journal of Human Rights, vol. 24, no. 2 (2025) [open access]

"Life without identity: The invisible socio-political and humanitarian faces of statelessness," Ordu Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi = ODU Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 15, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"Nationality Laws in Ethiopia and Eritrea: Overview of Evolution, Attainments and Gaps," Mizan Law Review, vol. 19, no. 1 (2025) [open access]

"The necropolitics of statelessness: coloniality, citizenship, and disposable lives," Citizenship Studies, Latest Articles, 31 March 2025 [open access]

- Highlights case studies from the Caribbean.

"The problem with the Comoros solution: affect, citizenship, statelessness and the Kuwaiti Bidoon," Citizenship Studies, Latest Articles, 19 March 2025 [ResearchGate]

- See also related ECDHR post.

"The spectre of statelessness," International Theory, FirstView, 14 April 2025 [open access]

- Focuses on Hong Kong.

"Statelessness as a Political-Existential Predicament in the Lives and Writings of Three German-Jewish Intellectuals," The Historical Journal, First View, 15 April 2025 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (18 April 2025)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunity:

CFP: Statelessness & Citizenship Review [info]

- Contributions sought for an upcoming issue. Submit abstracts by 1 April 2025.

Short pieces:

Book Review: Citizenship and Genocide Cards: IDs, Statelessness and Rohingya Resistance in Myanmar by Natalie Brinham (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

The Campaign to End Statelessness: Oct.-Dec. 2024 Update (UNHCR, March 2025) [text] 

"Denying refugees British citizenship is a shameful step backwards," BMJ, 388:r569 (March 2025) [free full-text]

The economic impact of restrictions on women's citizenship rights (Let's Talk Development Blog, March 2025) [text]

Germany’s Expulsion Policy: A Violation of International Law? (Völkerrechtsblog, March 2025) [text]

Nearly 3,000 people in Italy are stateless or at risk (InfoMigrants, March 2025) [text]

- Note: The UNHCR report referenced in this post can be accessed here, in Italian only.

Research sheds light on childhood statelessness litigation (ENS Blog, March 2025) [text]

Slovenia sets positive example in defending rights by acceding to Statelessness Convention (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

Trump asks Supreme Court to step in on birthright citizenship (SCOTUSBlog, March 2025) [text]

Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship and the impact of the foreign aid funding freeze on statelessness work (Inst. on Statelessness & Inclusion, March 2025) [text]

Reports:

Background note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2025 (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

Practical Guide on Nationality: Concepts related to nationality and statelessness in the context of international protection (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2025) [text]

Statelessness by Design: Myanmar’s Bureaucratic Methods of Erasing the Rohingya, Migration Insights, no. 2 (Univ. of British Columbia, Feb. 2025) [text]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (26 Feb. 2025)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (26 Feb. 2025)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Webinar: #StatelessJourneys: What’s next for work to protect the rights of stateless refugees in Europe?, 29 May 2024 [info]

- See also related update.

Call for applications: Advanced Course on Childhood Statelessness and the Child's Right to a Nationality, Online, 26 September-14 November 2024 [info]

- Note: The deadline for applying has been *extended* to 31 May 2024.

Call for registration: Tailored Workshop on Statelessness (Arabic), Sanremo, Italy, 23-26 September 2024 [info]

- Register by 3 June 2024.

Seminar: Geopolitics and Statelessness in South Asia, Loughborough, UK/Online, 25 June 2024 [info]

Short pieces:

The Campaign to End Statelessness: October-December 2023 Update (UNHCR, April 2024) [text]

International statistics on statelessness (Statistics Norway, May 2024) [text]

"Questions persist as Ottawa prepares Citizenship Act amendments," Policy Options/Options politiques, 14 May 2024 [text]

Statelessness in Norway (Statistics Norway, May 2024) [text]

Unravelling Statelessness: Georgia's Addition to the Statelessness Index (ENS Blog, May 2024) [text]

Related posts:

- News: New Statelessness Resource (30 April 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (18 April 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (18 April 2024)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Journal articles:

 

"Un acercamiento a la ciudadanía y a la apatridia desde la teoría social," Revista Científica en Ciencias Sociales, vol. 6 (April 2024) [open access]

"Ambiguous citizenship policies: Examining implementation gaps across levels of legislation in Jordan," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:23 (April 2024) [open access]

"Bordering through legal non-existence: the production of de facto statelessness among women and children through the National Registry of Citizens in Assam, India," International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (Forthcoming) [open access]

"Citizenship, Federalism, and Delayed Birth Registration in the United States," Akron Law Review (Forthcoming) [preprint]

Citizenship Studies (Forthcoming, 2024) [access]

- Special issue on legal identity under insurgencies and unrecognised states. Note: The issue has not yet been officially published but the editors discuss and link to the various contributions in the text of a blog post provided above.

"Residency and citizenship in the Gulf: recent policy changes and future implications for the region," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:16 (March 2024) [open access]

"Statelessness in The Philippines: A Contextual Analysis," Scientia: International Journal on the Liberal Arts, vol. 13, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

2024 State of Play Assessment on Statelessness in Europe, 21 March 2024 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (18 April 2024)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Call for applications: Advanced Course on Childhood Statelessness and the Child’s Right to a Nationality, Online, 26 September-14 November 2024 [info]

- Apply by 15 May 2024.

Short pieces:

5Qs: Fisher Proposes Partial Solution to Issues of Stateless People (Univ. of Michigan, March 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US. Note: The Stateless Protection Act referenced in the a/m interview was re-introduced on 20 March 2024. 

Are we on the right track to address statelessness in Europe? (European Network on Statelessness, March 2024) [text]

Discussion on Regressive Constitutional Amendments Still Ongoing in Malaysia (Institute on Statelssness & Inclusion, April 2024) [text]

The Finnish reform of the Nationality Act from a statelessness perspective: the good, the bad and the ugly (ENS Blog, April 2024) [text]

Ghost Citizens: Researching the Legal Limbo of Stateless Persons (Univ. of Ottawa, April 2024) [text]

India Activates Discriminatory Citizenship Law (Human Rights Watch, March 2024) [text]

A state of statelessness: The fate of Tamil peoples from Sri Lanka in India (Raisina Debates, April 2024) [text]

Understanding the Zone of Statelessness in Assam (CSS Blog, April 2024) [text]

Reports:

Cote d'Ivoire: Report on Statelessness 2023 (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

- Also available in French.

From a traditional international law approach to a human rights-based approach to statelessness, Working Paper, no. AEL 2024/05 (European Univ. Institute, 2024) [text]

Launch of two new StatelessnessINDEX countries - Georgia and Türkiye (European Network on Statelessness, March 2024) [text]

- See also related ENS blog post on Turkey.

OSCE-UNHCR Regional Conference on Access to Civil Documentation and Prevention of Statelessness in South-Eastern Europe, Skopje, North Macedonia, 17 October 2023: Final Outcome Document [text]

Statelessness in Kazakhstan: Analysis of National Legislation (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

- See also related story.

Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic: Analysis of National Legislation (UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

Toolkit to identify and address statelessness in Czechia (Organization for Aid to Refugees & European Network on Statelessness, 2024) [access]

- Available in English and Czech.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (8 March 2024)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (8 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports: 

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2024 (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

Human Rights and Statelessness in Peninsular Malaysia (SUHAKAM: Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, 2023) [text]

An inspection of the use of deprivation of citizenship by the Status Review Unit (April–June 2023) (UK Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Feb. 2024) [text]

Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information: Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (UK Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Feb. 2023; published Feb. 2024) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Apatridia en menores de padres venezolanos en Colombia: leyes sin políticas contundentes = Statelessness  of  Children  born  to  Venezuelan  Parents  in  Colombia: Lawmaking without Convincing Policies," Entramado, vol. 19, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- The full-text is available in both Spanish and English.

"Doubtful Citizens: Irregularization and Precarious Citizenship in Contemporary India," Chapter in Statelessness in Asia (Cambridge Univ. Press, Forthcoming Aug. 2024) [preprint]

"The Right to Citizenship of Rohingya Children of Bangladeshi Descent Under International Human Rights Law," Statute Law Review, vol. 45, no. 1 (April 2024) [open access]

"Statelessness and Solidarity: Palestinians, Dhofaris, and Saharawis in Tricontinental Media," Bandung, vol. 11, no. 1 (Feb. 2024) [Academia]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (8 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Global Refugee Forum Linked Event: Multi-Stakeholder Approaches Towards Ending Statelessness, 12 December 2023, Online, 12 December 2023 [info]

Call for registration: 2024 World Conference on Statelessness, Kuala Lumpur, 26-29 February 2024 [info]

- Note: Tickets are going quickly!

News: Marking the 9th anniversary of the decade-long #IBelong campaign 

- UNHCR issued various press releases and news stories including:

1) UNHCR reports progress on tackling statelessness (4 Nov. 2023) [text]

2) UNHCR reports steady progress on tackling statelessness [focuses on Africa] (4 Nov. 2023) [text]

3) Central Asian Network on Statelessness prepares for GRF 2023 (13 Nov. 2023) [text]

4) On the 9th anniversary of the #IBelong campaign, the Americas advances towards preventing and reducing statelessness (20 Nov. 2023) [text]

5) UNHCR calls for improved access to birth registration to confirm legal identity and prevent statelessness in Ukraine (1 Dec. 2023) [text]

Short pieces:

Can EU help Belarusians who face the choice between statelessness and prison? (openDemocracy, Oct. 2023) [text]

Colombia: IACHR Commends New Nationality Law (OAS, Nov. 2023) [text]

Home at last: How Niger is working towards the eradication of the risk of statelessness (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

‘I have no rights’: what happens to stateless people in Australia after the High Court’s ruling? (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]

Our Hands Extended: International Calls to End Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws (ENS Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Reconstructing statelessness (UNHCR Innovation Service, Nov. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Italy.

Stateless in Germany 'denied the right to have rights' (InfoMigrants, Oct. 2023) [text]

The stateless paradox: Island Nations Caught in the 'Lost States' Narrative (Völkerrechtsblog, Oct. 2023) [text]

Stocktake of Critical Statelessness Studies to date (2020-2023): Renewing the Call for Innovative Contributions to the Field (CSS Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

Surrogacy Arrangements: Can Article 8 of the ECHR Combat Child Statelessness? (ENS Blog, Nov. 2023) [text]

"Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem," CMS Migration Update, 23 Oct. 2023 [text]

UNHCR and Viet Nam convene discussions to prevent, end statelessness in the region (UNHCR, Oct. 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (20 Oct. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Watch for:

Statelessness Encyclopedia Asia Pacific (Nationality for All, forthcoming) [info]

- Follow link for extracts of this forthcoming resource.

Short pieces:

The Campaign to End Statelessness: Jan.-March 2023 Update (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality laws (UNHCR, June 2023) [text]

- See also HC's statement and this related news story and opinion piece.

Ground-breaking law means every child in Kyrgyzstan will have right to a birth certificate (UNHCR, May 2023) [text]

New statelessness legislation in the Netherlands: worth the wait? (ENS Blog, June 2023) [text]

Our statelessness conference in Madrid – what we learned, and what's next? (ENS, June 2023) [text]

- See also related UNHCR press release.

Reports & journal articles:

"Addressing statelessness in the MENA region: a new network for mobilisation," Forced Migration Review, no. 72 (June 2023) [open access]

Etude sur l'Apatridie et le risque d'Apatridie en République du Niger (UNHCR, April 2021; posted April 2023) [text]

"Finding Hope for the Hopeless: Detention, Statelessness and International Criminal Law," Harvard International Law Journal Online (Special Issue, June 2023 [full-text]

"Nationality Status Determination in Asylum Procedures under the CEAS and the Potential Impact of the 'New Pact on Migration and Asylum'," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 26 April 2023 [open access]

Statelessness and the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: Updated Analysis and Recommendations (European Network on Statelessness, June 2023) [text]

- See also related statement to the Spanish presidency of the EU.

Multimedia:

Detention and return: protecting the rights of stateless people, 30 May 2023 [access]

Statelessness and Exclusion Dialogues Podcast Series (ISI) [access]

Taller: Derecho a la Identidad, Nacionalidad y Apatridia, 30 May 2023 [access]

- Focuses on Uruguay. Organized by ACNUR and the Institución Nacional de Derechos Humanos y Defensoría del Pueblo. See also related press release.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (23 May 2023)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2023 (UNHCR, March 2023) [text]

- See also related WRC press release.

"Displacement and the Politics of Identity: Reterritorialization of Ahıska Turk Identity in the United States," Migration & Diversity, vol. 2, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

ENS Litigation Newsletter (Oct. 2022-Feb. 2023) [access]

- Inaugural issue.

Lebanon: Stateless Palestinians (Asylos, March 2023) [text]

Mainstreaming Statelessness and the Right to Nationality in the Universal Periodic Review: UPR Third Cycle Evaluation and Lessons for the Future (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion & Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, March 2023) [access]

Principles for Conducting Country of Origin Information Research on Statelessness (Asylos, March 2023) [text]

Statelessness and its Risk in Angola and for Angolans Living Abroad (UNHCR, Dec. 2022) [text]

- See also Portuguese version.

A study on statelessness and risks of statelessness in Malawi (Govt. of Malawi & UNHCR, March 2023) [text]

Resources:

Eradication of Statelessness in the East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region (UNHCR) [access]

- Included as a "situation" in UNHCR's Operational Data Portal. Scroll down to view the latest updates.

Statelessness Index (European Network on Statelessness) [access]

- Recently updated, with new countries added. See also related ENS blog post.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (26 March 2023)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunities:

Webinar: Mass Atrocities and Statelessness: Under-explored Connections?, 25 August 2022 [info]

CFP: Statelessness and Citizenship Review [info] [info]

- Contributions for a special issue sought from early career statelessness scholars, in particular members of the Global PhDs on Statelessness (GPS) network. Submit abstracts by 1 September 2022.

Call for participation: Consultation on the Nationality Rights Index for Southern Africa, 9 September 2022 

- Follow this link to provide input on Tanzania and this link for input on Zimbabwe.

Call for registration: 6th Online Course on Statelessness, 24 October-18 November 2022 [info]

- Register by 23 September 2022. 

Call for applications: Statelessness Intensive Course 2023, 15-21 February 2023 [info]

- Submission deadline is 30 September 2022.

Blog posts & press:

Asserting Statelessness: Using Archival History to Challenge State Discourse (CSS Blog, July 2022) [text]

The Campaign to End Statelessness: April-June 2022 Update (UNHCR, Aug. 2022) [text]

Children born in the largest refugee camp in the world teach us what being stateless means to them (ENS Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the Rohingya in Bangladesh.

Might a ‘victory for human rights’ in the Netherlands benefit stateless children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): possible applications of Zhao v the Netherlands (ENS Blog, July 2022) [text]

Preventing and solving statelessness in European law (ENS Blog, July 2022) [text]

UNHCR applauds Liberia for removing gender discrimination from its nationality law (UNHCR, Aug. 2022) [text]

An update on barriers to citizenship facing stateless children in the UK (ENS Blog, July 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Memorandum of the Establishment of the Eastern African Nationality Network, 11 May 2022 [text]

- See also related press release.

Resolving Existing Major Situations of Statelessness, Good Practice Papers: Action 1 (UNHCR, Aug. 2022) [text]

The State We’re in: Ending Sexism in Nationality Laws (Equality Now, July 2022) [access]

- Follow link for report and executive summary in multiple languages and for the Annex of Laws in English. See also related press release. Regional reports are also available for the Americas, Asia, MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Statelessness and Citizenship Review, vol. 4, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

- Special issue on "Children and Statelessness."

"Ties that bind and unbind: charting the boundaries of European Union citizenship," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 5 Aug. 2022 [open access]

"'What about it is unclear? I mean I was born here': Ungeklärte Staatsangehörigkeit and the (re-)production of de facto statelessness in Germany," Citizenship Studies, Latest Articles, 26 July 2022 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (7 July 2022)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality

Opportunity:

Call for applications: 4th Online Course on Statelessness (Arabic), 6 June–1 July 2022 [info]

- Apply by 6 May 2022.

Blog posts & press:

As Parenting Changes, So Should Citizenship: Outdated Nationality Laws Risk Leaving Some Children Stateless (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2022) [text]

Assisting stateless people trapped in Ukraine: report from the ground (ENS Blog, March 2022) [text]

The Austrian naturalisation procedure – disproportionate and in violation of international law (ENS Blog, March 2022) [text]

Can international law offer protection to those at risk of climatic statelessness? (ENS Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and statelessness on Roma women and girls (ENS Blog, March 2022) [text]

Interview with Gillian Triggs, United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees (ENS, March 2022) [text]

UNHCR lauds Philippines’ accession to 1961 statelessness convention (UNHCR, March 2022) [text]

- Note: Here is a recent infographic displaying states party to the Statelessness Conventions.

Reports & journal articles:

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2022 (UNHCR, March 2022) [text]

"'Bidoons': A Statelessness Plight in Kuwait," Journal of Legal and Economic Studies, vol. 8, no. 1 (March 2022) [full-text]

- Note: The text of this article is in English.

Commentary to the Principles on Deprivation of Nationality as a National Security Measure (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, March 2022) [text]

Instrumentalising Citizenship in the Fight Against Terrorism: A Global Comparative Analysis of Legislation on Deprivation of Nationality as a Security Measure (Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion & GLOBALCIT, March 2022) [text]

- See also related blog post.

"The invisibility of the invisible lives: Being stateless in Thailand in times of the COVID-19 pandemic," Routed Magazine, no. 19 (Feb. 2022) [text]

"Manufacturing Statelessness," American Journal of International Law, vol. 116, no. 2 (April 2022) [open access]

Stateless people and people at risk of statelessness forcibly displaced from Ukraine (European Network on Statelessness, March 2022) [access]

- Follow link for text of briefing in English, Polish and Ukrainian. For more information, see also this related ENS web page and ISI's April 2022 bulletin.

"Stripping foreign fighters of their citizenship: International human rights and humanitarian law considerations," International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 103, nos. 916-917 (April 2021) [open access]

The Travaux Préparatoires of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (SSRN, March 2022) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (17 Feb. 2022)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (17 Feb. 2022)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports & journal articles:

Briefing: Romani women’s activism and role in addressing statelessness in Europe (European Network on Statelessness, Nov. 2021) [text]

- See also related blog post.

"Citizenship Deprivation as an Act of Persecution: Case Study of the Assam Citizen Exercise as a Precursor to a Nation-Wide Determination of Citizenship," Transnational Human Rights Review, vol. 8 (2021) [open access]

"Disciplining Statelessness: Fragmentary Outcomes of the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy in India," Asian Studies Review, Latest Articles, 14 June 2021 [ResearchGate]

Modes of acquisition and loss of citizenship around the world: comparative typology and main patterns in 2020, Working Paper, no. RSC 2021/90 (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, 2021) [text]

- See also related blog post.

"The Role of Law Clinics in the Fight Against Statelessness by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nigeria," International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, vol. 28, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"Statelessness, forced migration and the security dilemma along borders: an investigation of the foreign policy stance of Bangladesh on the Rohingya influx," SN Social Sciences, vol. 1, no. 7 (July 2021) [free full-text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (10 Dec. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

CFP: Statelessness and Citizenship Review [info]

- The submission deadline is 31 January 2022.

Blog posts & press:

Are parents of foundlings really “unknown”? Avoiding statelessness under international nationality law (ENS Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Evaluation of UNHCR-led Initiatives to end Statelessness (UNHCR Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

The implications of Chile’s 2021 Immigration Law for citizenship and nationality (GLOBALCIT Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Myanmar's discriminatory citizenship law: are Rohingyas the only victims? (MMB Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

“Non-Citizens” of the Baltics: Common Misconceptions explained (ENS Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Statelessness: Those who do not officially exist have no rights (Global Policy Journal Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Statelessness and the Right to Nationality: Developing a Determination Procedure in Nigeria (GLOBALCIT Blog, Sept. 2021) [text]

Statelessness in the Asia Pacific: The birth of Nationality for All (ENS Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

"They're the invisible victims of climate change," NPR, 9 Nov. 2021 [text]

UNHCR urges governments to accelerate progress and resolve plight of world’s stateless (UNHCR, Nov. 2021) [text]

Multimedia:

The Architecture of Citizenship Deprivation in Britain and Its Raced, Gendered and Classed Effects, 22 Nov. 2021 [access]

Book Launch: Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner, 1 Dec. 2021 [access]

Preventing statelessness in nationality deprivation: The Pham case from an international perspective, 25 Oct. 2021 [access]

- Focuses on the UK.

A Stateless Dialogue: Those Affected & Those in Power, 14 Oct. 2021 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (2 Nov. 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2 (2 Nov. 2021)

Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 2

Reports & articles:

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2021 (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

Estudio regional sobre inscripción tardía de nacimientos, otorgamiento de documentos de nacionalidad y apatridia: estándares, mejores prácticas, barreras y desafíos en Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, República Dominicana y Uruguay (UNHCR, OAS & CLARCIEV, Jan. 2021) [text]

"Libya's Forgotten Ones," Zenith, 23 March 2021 [text]

"The Myopic Loss of Nationality Rights Leading to Statelessness," Gonzaga Journal of International Law, vol. 24, no 2 (March 2021) [full-text]

The Nationality and Statelessness of Nomads Under International Law: With a comprehensive examination of the nationality and statelessness of former Bedouin in Kuwait, Tuareg in Mali and Sama Dilaut (Bajau Laut) in Malaysia, Dissertation (Tilburg Univ., Dec. 2020) [text]

A Place to Call Home: Shining a Light on Unmet Legal Need for Stateless Refugee Children in Australia (Refugee Advice & Casework Service and Peter McMullin Centre, March 2021) [access]

- Follow the link for the report and related video of the launch event.

Quick Guides: Researching Statelessness (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]

"Racial Discrimination in Nationality Laws: A Doctrinal Blind Spot of International Law?," Columbia Journal of Race and Law, vol. 11, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

Revocation of citizenship: The new policies of conditional membership, EUI Working Paper, no. RSC 2021/23 (European Univ. Institute, 2021) [text]

"Stateless and Persecuted: What Next for the Rohingya?," Migration Information Source, 18 March 2021 [text]

Statelessness Newsletter (January-March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and its implementation in Southern Africa.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality - Pt. 1 (2 April 2021)