Legal identity and statelessness in Southeast Asia

dc.contributor.authorSperfeldt, Christoph
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-05T00:36:52Z
dc.date.available2021-03-05T00:36:52Z
dc.date.issued2021-01
dc.descriptionFor more about the East-West Center, see <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/">http://www.eastwestcenter.org/</a>
dc.description.abstractMillions of people worldwide are stateless or do not have proof of their legal identity. As a result, they face daily obstacles from lack of access to a range of social, political, and economic rights. Around 40 percent of the identified stateless population live in the Asia Pacific region, with the majority of them residing in the countries of Southeast Asia. While some of these people are refugees or migrants, most belong to minorities living in the country where they were born. Their lack of proof of nationality or other forms of legal identity poses significant challenges to human rights, governance, and development. International conventions aim at improving their status, but have been poorly subscribed. Much of the work to solve the problems will have to be done at the national level, where interest is increasing. Since the forced mass exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar, many have reached the shores of Malaysia and Indonesia, driving home the implications of unresolved situations of statelessness.
dc.format.extent8 p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/74440
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherHonolulu, HI : East-West Center
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAsiaPacific issues;no. 147
dc.subject.lcshStatelessness - Southeast Asia
dc.subject.lcshStateless persons - Southeast Asia
dc.titleLegal identity and statelessness in Southeast Asia
dc.typeReport
dc.type.dcmiText

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