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HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL Project on Indigenous Governance and Development Working Paper Series Statelessness as a Barrier to SelfDetermination: The Rohingya Experience, Refugee-Led Governance, and the Politics of Belonging Murshid Alam Founder & Executive Lead, Rohingya Youth Union (RYU) Director, Roots of Arakan Oral History and Dialogue Initiative Next Generation Foresights Practitioner (NGFP) Fellow, School of International Futures (SOIF) Aurora Humanitarian Research Grantee, 2026 Working Paper Harvard Kennedy School — Project on Indigenous Governance and Development August 2026 1

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Statelessness as a Barrier to Self-Determination: The Rohingya Experience, Refugee-Led Governance, and the Politics of Belonging (Working Paper)

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Author: Alam Murshid

Journal / Publisher: Harvard Kennedy School - Project on Indigenous Governance and Development

Document number: Working Paper 26-006

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Description: This working paper examines self-determination and the case of Rohingya statelessness. Integrating oral testimonies from the Roots of Arakan archive, program impact data from the Rohingya Youth Union, comparative statistical analysis of global stateless populations, as well as humanitarian data. The paper argues that Rohingya statelessness is not just a legal classification, but is a designed architecture of exclusion, undermining every dimension of self-determination. The paper offers insights on alternative forms of governance and data sovereignty despite state recognition, and offers evidenced-based policy recommendations to advance Rohingya self-determination.

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Academic publication

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Academia : Individual Scholarship

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Asia / Pacific

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General / Other
Lived Experience of Statelessness
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Rohingya

Date published: Sep 1, 2026

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