Academic Articles

Addressing statelessness in the MENA region: a new network for mobilisation

Published: 1/Jun/2023
Source: Forced Migration Review

Zahra Albarazi and Thomas McGee A new regional network on statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa region is raising awareness and providing a platform for mobilisation. Statelessness has been an issue across the Middle East and North Africa […]

Introduction to AHMR Special Issue on Statelessness

Published: 31/Jan/2023
Source: African Human Mobility Review

Introduction to AHMR Volume 8 Number 3 September – December 2022 The African Human Mobility Review (AHMR) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed on-line journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of human […]

Is the automatic loss of South African citizenship for those acquiring other citizenships constitutional? Democratic Alliance v Minister of Home Affairs

Published: 8/Jan/2023
Source: South African Journal on Human Rights

David Bilchitz & Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler (2023) Is the automatic loss of South African citizenship for those acquiring other citizenships constitutional? Democratic Alliance v Minister of Home Affairs, South African Journal on Human Rights, DOI: 10.1080/02587203.2022.2158925 1. Introduction For an […]

Trends and Determinants of Birth Registration Completeness in Zimbabwe, 2005-2015

Published: 1/Jan/2023
Source: Comparative Population Studies

Musizvingoza, R., Wekwete, N.N., Mangombe, K. and Zinumwe, G. 2023. Trends and Determinants of Birth Registration Completeness in Zimbabwe, 2005-2015. Comparative Population Studies. 48, (Jan. 2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2023-01. Abstract Childbirth registration in Zimbabwe has decreased over the years, yet the risk […]

The Law is Not Enough: Realising the Child’s Right to a Nationality in South Africa

Published: 16/Dec/2022
Source: Statelessness and Citizenship Review

By Liesl Heila Muller Abstract The Republic of South Africa (‘South Africa’) boasts some of the most progressive and inclusive citizenship laws on the African continent, protecting the right to citizenship in both its constitution and subsidiary legislation and affording […]

Judicial Responses to Weaponized Citizenship in Zimbabwe

Published: 1/Dec/2022
Source: Penn Undergraduate Law Journal

By Farah Tolu-Honary Penn Undergraduate Law Journal, Fall 2022, Vol. 10, No. 1 Abstract Descendants of migrant laborers living in Zimbabwe were rendered stateless due to the Zimbabwean government’s interpretation of its citizenship laws that banned dual citizenship. Individuals with […]

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