Statelessness

Statelessness is a problem which continues to persist in our world. Today, more than 10 million people worldwide are affected by this issue.A stateless person is one who does not posses a link between the state and themselves. They do not posses and citizenship, declining them the right to participate in the political processes. All around the world today, there are many people who are not considered nationals of a state due to various reasons, including discrimination against a group of people, and mass migrations during a time of chaos and war. The Delegation of Switzerland has implemented many policies in it’s country to reduce the amount of stateless people. Research has shown that over half of the population residing in Switzerland is…

Aristotle looks at the qualifications and role of those who embody a state or community when conceptualizing statelessness. Aristotle believe that the perception of citizenship based on state supremacy is flawed due to the difference in governments that exists within these states. Because governments differ and notions of rulership are inconsistent among states, statelessness typically does not mean the same thing to all citizens of all states (Aristotle). He then goes on to explain that a state…

This thesis-driven essay deals with the quandary of order in Somalia, the purpose being to determine the factors that maintain the current condition of statelessness. An important aspect of this exercise is to highlight the differences within the region embodied by the legal unit of Somalia. Located in the North of the country, two major entities have developed, Somaliland and Puntland, in stark contrast to southern and central Somalia which “are marred by violence and the absence of effective…

introduce the idea of how statelessness leads to human insecurity. This is because one of the most difficult situations is living in a state where one does not have the right of freedom from want, freedom from fear and freedom from violence—as most stateless persons do not. In addition, I present the theory of “minority membership” as applied to stateless persons and how being part of the minority as a stateless person marginalizes them. Furthermore, this leads to how the stateless minorities…

protection from prosecution, and all together a sense of support. More importantly this article focuses on the lack of judicial policies and laws in relation to stateless persons nor does the author of this article believe that there has been enough substantial academic work presented in relation to the sad subject. The author remarks that there have been a handful of situations that juridically faced inherent problems. Focusing in on the way stateless people are treated, the author remarks…

focuses on how the denial of a nationality impacts people of Haitian descent in the Caribbean. She looks specifically at the exclusion of people of Haitian descent from citizenship in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic; two democratic countries seen as the most civil liberty and political right in the Caribbean. Belton explains her main idea by looking at contemporary thought of nationality by focusing on Hannah Arendt notion of the “right to have rights” (126), how people of Haitian descent…

extreme hardships before, during, and after resettlement in a new country. Mrs. A’s family is part of the displaced population of ethnic Rohingya people therefore, understanding the history of Rohingya people is critical in understanding some of the social determinants in Mrs. A’s case. Since 1982 Rohingya are not recognized as one of Myanmar’s official ethnic groups and have been denied citizenship, leaving them stateless. Statelessness means not having any “proof” that you exist and having no…

rid of some of the interrogation policies (2016). President Obama managed to promote human rights and democratization in other countries. Statelessness serves as an example that is often identified as a social problem that has not yet emerged onto the international human rights agenda. Statelessness causes human rights violations, as well as an obstacle to human development. Nationality was declared a universal human right. Therefore, everyone must be entitled to a nationality. Article 15 of…

Through Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act (ART Act) (Umeda, 2015). According to the ART Act, Thai Government could refuse to grant the citizenship of the baby. The consequence of the country of intended couples and the country of the surrogate mother both refuse to grant the citizenship of a baby is hard to accept. The baby may be abandoned and finally in the situation of statelessness. Stateless children are usually deprived of of the basic right to access health care and education (Batha,…

and is likely necessary to achieve reductions in early marriage among girls in South Asia, but by itself it will be insufficient to achieve the global goal of elimination of girl child marriage by 2030, the current goal of major international stakeholders. Further research is needed to guide additional intervention approaches to eliminate girl child marriage in the region. Programs and an environment supporting girls’ and women’s social and economic empowerment, in conjunction with improved girl…