BU Intl Human Rights (buslihrc.bsky.social)

(4/4) The blog addresses the history of Kurdish statelessness in Syria and notes that the political context of Decree No. 13 raises questions as to its efficacy in addressing Kurdish statelessness and ensuring transitional justice for Kurds.

(3/4) For more analysis on the significance of Decree No. 13, check out the IHRC’s blog post! buslahr.medium.com/decree-no…

(2/4) @STJ_SYRIA_ENG shares brief interviews with stateless Syrians of Kurdish descent, tracing how the 1962 Census created generations of stateless Kurds in Syria. While Decree No. 13 is an important step forwards for Syrian Kurds, firm constitutional protections are needed.

(1/4)Syrian people represent a large portion of stateless individuals in the MENA region. Among the many reasons for this are decades of discriminatory Syrian policies, state succession, the Syrian civil war, and discriminatory policies in Syrian refugee host countries.

(2/2) This recognition allows for many stateless Sahrawis residing in Spain to regularize their immigration status pursuant to Royal Decree No. 865/2001 of July 20, 2025, allowing them to access important rights and protections in Spain. nitter.cf/ENStatelessness/status…

(1/2) Recently, the @ENStatelessness presented a monthly update regarding its statelessness litigation efforts in European Courts. One case at the Spanish Supreme Court recognized that Sahrawis possessing Algerian travel documents are stateless.

(4/4) With ICE’s increased immigration crackdowns, stateless asylum seekers are even more vulnerable to detention.

(3/4) After the Nicaraguan government cracked down on opposition leaders in 2021, many individuals had their citizenship revoked, their passports invalidated, and their birth certificates destroyed.

(2/4) A recent Miami Herald Article highlights a Nicaraguan dissident who fled to the U.S. to seek asylum and became stateless overnight. yahoo.com/news/us/articles/e…

(1/4 )Asylum seekers in the US also face statelessness when the governments of the countries they fled refuse to hand over essential identification documents, such as birth certificates, or refuse to renew passports.

(7/7) To learn more about the Sahrawi citizenship law in Spain, visit the article below: yahoo.com/news/articles/spai…

(6/7) This would apply to approximately 70,000-110,000 Sahrawis, including descendants of Sahrawis born in the Spanish-administered Western Sahara. As the crisis in the Western Sahara continues, this could be the only chance at citizenship for many Sahrawis stuck in legal limbo.

(5/7) In an effort to reconcile with its colonial past in the Western Sahara, Spain’s lower house of parliament recently voted to grant Spanish citizenship to Sahrawis born in the Western Sahara when it was administered by Spain.

(4/7) However, Sahrawis are generally unable to leave the camps unless they obtain short-term Algerian travel documents to go abroad. These documents do not confer Algerian citizenship and merely serve as a means for Sahrawis to enter countries that do not recognize the SADR.

(3/7) Algeria also hosts the exiled Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) government in these camps. The SADR issues birth certificates, national ID cards, and passports to those under its administration.

(2/7) Sahrawi refugees are the largest stateless population in Algeria and the second longest standing refugee population in the world after Palestinians.Algeria has hosted Sahrawi refugees in 5 camps near Tindouf, in its southwestern region, since 1975.

(1/7) Migration and forced displacement carry a high risk of statelessness. These events can result in the loss or destruction of identity documents and make it difficult for migrants and refugees to register births or marriages while in transit or at their destination.

It’s easy to be so caught up in trying to advocate for human rights that we forget that such rights exist regardless of state recognition. Urbens Wilbert Dieuveuil, Director of ICDH, reminds us that the right to a nationality is so fundamental that it cannot be negotiated:

(4/4) To learn more about gender discrimination in nationality laws around the world, check out the @Hawiati_MENA 's interactive Legal Atlas on Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws: nitter.cf/Hawiati_MENA/status/20…

(3/4) These reforms were an important step forward in promoting gender equality and ensuring that all children have access to the rights and protections that come with citizenship.