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1st official figures from Assam shows only 70 applied under (deliberately inaccessible) new procedures to confirm citizenship & 6 successful - meanwhile Foreigners Tribunals have declared 172,673 people foreigners & 73,759 cases pending

Western Cape High Court declares unconstitutional regulations preventing parents from birth registration without valid ID docs & orders govt to adopt new regs www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-a...

Court rules birth registration exclusions unconstitutionalGovernment ordered to amend home affairs regulations within 18 monthswww.timeslive.co.za

Not clickbait: #statelessness creates known risks for trafficking

"Russians living abroad who are evading criminal prosecution at home will face a sweeping set of restrictions inside Russia... and state and consular services — including the right to obtain an international passport ... — will be refused." www.euronews.com/2026/07/23/r...

Russia strips rights of citizens abroad in sweeping new 'traitor' lawThe Duma approved measures that freeze accounts, seize property and block consular services including passport renewal for Russians abroad who are evading charges at home. Lawyers said the law meant "de facto loss of citizenship," with political activists and journalists among those most at risk.www.euronews.com

@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social - your networks may be interested

World Bank on #legalidentity in South Sudan: new diagnostic report from ID4D initiative www.worldbank.org/en/news/feat...

In the World’s Youngest Nation, How Do You Prove You Exist?Learn how South Sudan’s ID gap blocks jobs, aid, and services, and why stronger registration systems matter for inclusion and growth.www.worldbank.org

Mali's military government expands citizenship deprivation powers fr.apanews.net/society/mali...

Mali : la déchéance de nationalité étendue aux citoyens d'origineLe gouvernement malien a adopté, le 17 juillet 2026, un projet d'ordonnance élargissant la possibilité de déchéance de nationalité aux Maliens d'origine, une mesure jusqu'ici principalement réservée a...fr.apanews.net

Fascinating study finding 3/4 of Somalis are willing to welcome defectors from Al Shabaab back into their community (with significant variations by degree of violence suffered). These sentiments in other contexts also become significant for risks of statelessness.

Suspension of a 15-year effort by The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) to establish a global surrogacy convention - which wd have included measures to prevent #statelessness of the children www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Rise in overseas surrogates ‘increases risk of stateless babies’Calls grow for global regulation as rising numbers of westerners use surrogates in countries with different lawswww.theguardian.com

Pan South African Language Board: Language and accent are not indicators of nationality (tell that to the UK Home Office) www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/lan...

Language and accent are not indicators of nationality: PanSALB - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.PanSALB warns against discrimination based on language or accent amid migration tensions…www.sabcnews.com

Useful summary of recent SA High Court decision finding min of home affairs in contempt for failing to respect earlier order to grant citizenship to a permanent resident applying for naturalisation www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/news/publ...

Department of Home Affairs found to be in contempt for defying court order to grant citizenshipIn the recent decision of Minister of Home Affairs and Another v Sakharov (2024-044391) [2026]ZAGPPHC 648 (22 June 2026), the Pretoria High Court had to determine whether the Department of HomeAffairs...www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com

The Black Box: Statelessness and the Hidden Harms of Digital ID - Watch the recording of a webinar hosted by the Global Movement Against Statelessness www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKV0...

The Black Box Statelessness and the Hidden Harms of Digital IDYouTube video by Global Movement Against Statelessnesswww.youtube.com

Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence established by UNGA last year has just released its preliminary report as the start of "a shared evidence base for Member States navigating increasingly urgent decisions". www.un.org/independent-...

New article in the International Human Rights Law Review by Omotunde Enigbokan: The Protection of Stateless Migrants in South Africa: The Constitutional Rationale for a #Statelessness Determination Procedure, available OA on Researchgate www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) The Protection of Stateless Migrants in South Africa: The Constitutional Rationale for a Statelessness Determination ProcedurePDF | In 2019, during a UNHCR high-level meeting on statelessness for Southern Africa, the South African government pledged to adopt a statelessness... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...www.researchgate.net

Christy Chitengu: Visibility alone will not end statelessness. But invisibility has allowed it to persist for far too long. globalvoices.org/2026/07/07/w...

Afrikaner Refugees and the Limits of U.S. Pressure on South Africa www.lawfaremedia.org/article/afri...

Afrikaner Refugees and the Limits of U.S. Pressure on South AfricaBeyond Washington’s refugee policy is a larger story about South Africa’s foreign policy and the limits of U.S. power in a multipolar world.www.lawfaremedia.org

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!! ECOWAS Court of Justice finds that failure of the Ghanaian authorities to renew a passport, while not formal deprivation of nationality, produced consequences 'comparable to those associated with de facto statelessness' and violated freedom of movement citizenshiprightsafrica.org/en/mary-omer...

South African court orders Min of Home Affairs to respect its earlier order that an application for naturalisation must be granted iol.co.za/news/crime-a...

Court slams Home Affairs for denying foreign national citizenship after marrying SA womanHigh Court upholds the citizenship rights of Mikhail Sakharov, a foreign national married to a South African, reinforcing the need for home affairs to comply with court orders.iol.co.za

@profjmcadam.bsky.social & Maja Janmyr on UNHCR archives at risk (along with everything else) rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/29/u...