Wonderful Melbourne Law School Faculty Research seminar today by @MikiSosnowski, Thomas McGee , Andrea Marilyn & Marnie Lloydd presenting part of March 2024 special issue of #Citizenship Studies, on legal #identity conferred by insurgencies and unrecognised states tandfonline.com/journals/ccst20

I am thrilled to announce our open-access edited volume on migration politics and refugee rentierism in the Middle East! It features 16 stellar contributions, the result of a fruitful collaboration between POMEPS The Elliott School and the University of Glasgow: shorturl.at/pDGLN

ICYMI -A new regional network on #statelessness in the #MENA region (known for short as ‘Hawiati’, which means ‘my identity’ or ‘my ID’ in Arabic) is raising awareness & providing a platform for mobilisation. Read: fmreview.org/rights-mobilis… (Zahra Albarazi Thomas McGee  الشبكة الإقليمية حول انعدام الجنسية (هويتي)) pic.x.com/crpuoknc1h

We were so pleased to publish Angshuman Choudhury’s piece as the latest in the Critical #Statelessness Studies blog series. Check out his argument for paying greater attention to more liminal (less black and white) cases of statelessness - such as in #Assam, India - below.

Many thanks to Angshuman Choudhury for this excellent blog post on how the concept of “zones of #statelessness” can better help us understand statelessness in #Assam #India and beyond.

BRISMES stands in solidarity with #StudentEncampments and calls on university and college leaders to respect their freedom of expression and assembly and to constructively engage with their demands. Read our statement: bit.ly/brismes-statem… 1/2

⚡️⚡️Our #RefugeeWeek message⚡️⚡️ This year’s #RefugeeWeek theme is ‘Our Home’. Right to Remain has been spending this week thinking about those who are not at our home: people who are locked up in immigration detention centres. Read more below⬇️ righttoremain.org.uk/whos-not-at-ou…

We are so pleased to share the latest Critical Statelessness Studies blog by our Melbourne Law School colleague Katie Robertson. As Director of the Stateless Legal Clinic, Katie reflects on it as a model of pioneering legal education that centres lived experience of #statelessness. 👏

خلال الندوة تحدثت، Zahra Albarazi ، عن الحق في الحصول على الجنسية في القانون الدولي، مشيرة إلى أن الجنسية هي حق أساسي من حقوق الإنسان ، ولا يجوز للدول حرمان الأشخاص من الجنسية بشكل تعسفي. "سلطة الدول في اختيار مواطنيها ليست مطلقة. يجب أن تحترم تشريعاتها القانون الدولي لحقوق الإنسان."

It was a pleasure to share some findings from my PhD on #Syria’s Changing #Statelessness Landscape at the BRISMES 2024 conference. So nice to engage with others working on statelessness in the #MENA region. #Brismes2024

This latest #SyriaWeekly has shout-outs to some great reporting & research, including by Aymenn J Al-Tamimi السويداء 24 Thomas McGee  Haian Dukhan dr rahaf aldoughli Karam Shaar كرم شعّار & مرصد الشبكات السوري. Read & subscribe! syriaweekly.com

New Critical #Statelessness Studies blog entry Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness by Sam March, a stateless Lebanese artist considers the challenge of addressing the “shape-shifting” phenomenon of statelessness. law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/statel…

I am not shocked to hear about escalating horrendous and inhumane experiences at #Dallas_court Reporting Centre in Salford City Council ,SalfordMayor I Love Manchester is a welcoming City,we are EXPECTING a more humane treatment. Andy Burnham Rebecca Long-Bailey Sharmina August Angela Rayner