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Re-imagining Myanmar citizenship in times of transition By José-María Arraiza Statelessness Working Paper Series No. 2017/01

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Re-Imagining Myanmar Citizenship in Times of Transition

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Author: J. Arraiza

Journal / Publisher: Statelessness Working Paper Series

Volume / issue: 2017/01

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Description: The ongoing transition towards more democratic governance and peace of Myanmar requires a revision of its citizenship legislation. The current citizenship framework is based on the 1982 Citizenship law which removed naturalisation and jus soli provisions from its predecessor, with the aim to exclude from full citizenship persons who did not descend from an indigenous group. As a result of its highly burdensome procedures, millions of persons in Myanmar lack access to civil documents and a million of them are stateless. A revision of the 1982 Citizenship Law would help address the historical anomaly of the military era legislation in consonance with the democratic transition.

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Academic publication

Source

NGO : ISI

Region

Asia / Pacific

Country

Myanmar

Theme

General / Other

Date published: Jun 1, 2017

Source URL: Direct Link

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