Statelessness and the Syrian Conflict

Statelessness and the Syrian Conflict

By Dilys Hartley* Being stateless ultimately means having no nationality and having no nationality usually means having no documents to prove your identity. People can become stateless for many reasons, two of which are conflict and forced displacement. Conflict not...
Responding to the ‘silent genocide’ of the Rohingya

Responding to the ‘silent genocide’ of the Rohingya

by Roslynn Beighton* I spent much of 2016 working for a women’s rights group in Myanmar (Burma), which gave me the opportunity to learn about the human rights violations most of the country’s indigenous ethnic groups have been facing for generations, but particularly...