Essays about: "statelessness"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 essays containing the word statelessness.

  1. 11. Leave No One Behind – But What About the ‘Scum of the Earth’? : A Discourse Analysis Based on Theories by Arendt and Agamben on Rohingya and Statelessness

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Evelina Eriksson; [2019]
    Keywords : Arendt; Agamben; Rohingya; Statelessness; Human Rights;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to understand the situation of Rohingya through the concept of statelessness and to illustrate the importance of citizenship in relation to human rights. The Rohingya minority has for a long period of time been victims of violence and discrimination by the Myanmar government and military. READ MORE

  3. 12. Citizenship in Return for Allegiance - A Study on the Facilitated Naturalization of Undocumented Stateless Persons in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Jennifer Kyllergård; [2018]
    Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; international law; komparativ rätt; comparative law; citizenship; nationality; naturalization; facilitated naturalization; acquisition; stateless; statelessness; stateless person; undocumented; undocumented stateless person; identity; identity requirement; passport; identity document; identity card; denaturalization; revocation of citizenship; revocation; deprivation; Sweden; United States of America; United States; U.S.; Swedish Citizenship Act; Immigration and Nationality Act; right to a nationality; human rights; U.S. Constitution; Bill of Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Following the UNHCR:s launch of the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024 in November 2014, a Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014 – 2024 was adopted urging states to undertake ten actions to end statelessness, including to facilitate the naturalization of stateless migrants. While the facilitated naturalization of stateless persons would certainly reduce the occurrence of statelessness and its consequences, states remain reluctant to lower the standards of naturalization for stateless persons for various reasons. READ MORE

  4. 13. Stories That Cut Across: The Case of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Calais, France

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Ismael Omer; [2018]
    Keywords : Social torture; Transit Migration; Immigration; Refugees; Asylum Seekers; Calais; France; UK; EU;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I sought to accomplish two things. First, the thesis is written in a reflexive and even an auto-ethnographic manner. READ MORE

  5. 14. Statelessness and the ability to receive a residence permit based on impediments to enforcement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Amanda Widborg; [2018]
    Keywords : Statelessness; Bidoons; Palestinians; Impediments to enforcement; Critical Discourse Analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Being stateless, roughly means being without a citizenship of any nation. This is the definition of being stateless in legal terms, called de jure statelessness. There is also statelessness that entails being without the efficient protection of one’s nation, called de facto statelessness. READ MORE

  6. 15. Life as citizen or stateless in Burma - A case study of the concepts of citizenship and statelessness in a weak state

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mariam Mobiny; [2018]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Ever since the principle of sovereignty was established in Europe after the peace of Westphalia in 1648, the importance of belonging to a state has increased. And in today's society, during a time filled with a lot of wars and a major refugee crisis, having a citizenship has never been more important. READ MORE