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- Statelessness in Asia
- Statelessness in Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Editor Bios
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Cover Image
- Abbreviations
- 1 Statelessness in Asia
- Part I Asia and the Phenomenon of Statelessness
- Part II Statelessness and Intersecting Vulnerabilities
- Part III Challenges and Prospects for Change
- 10 Stranded in Limbo
- 11 Statelessness in Myanmar
- 12 Addressing Statelessness through the Human Rights and Development Frameworks
- 13 Persuading to Ratify
- Table of Legislation
- Table of Treaties
- Index
11 - Statelessness in Myanmar
A Rohingya Moment after the 2021 Coup?
from Part III - Challenges and Prospects for Change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 December 2024
- Statelessness in Asia
- Statelessness in Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Editor Bios
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Cover Image
- Abbreviations
- 1 Statelessness in Asia
- Part I Asia and the Phenomenon of Statelessness
- Part II Statelessness and Intersecting Vulnerabilities
- Part III Challenges and Prospects for Change
- 10 Stranded in Limbo
- 11 Statelessness in Myanmar
- 12 Addressing Statelessness through the Human Rights and Development Frameworks
- 13 Persuading to Ratify
- Table of Legislation
- Table of Treaties
- Index
Summary
The lack of citizenship or statelessness may be brought about by action, misaction and inaction of not only the state but the society in the country as well. The state and society often join hands in depriving a community of citizenship and, in so doing, both parties may act legally and extra-legally against recognizing and giving identity documentation to the community in question, again according to the text of the law, its implementation, or both. The society in question may opt to return citizenship to the same community and encourage the state or state-like entities to implement it. This chapter discusses the situation of the Rohingyas during the political transition in Myanmar (from 2011 to 2020) when the state and society joined hands in legally, extralegally, and/or socially depriving the Rohingyas of citizenship and identity documentation and arbitrarily implementing and mis-implementing the Myanmar Citizenship Law. The main part of the chapter traces the Rohingya moment during the Myanmar Spring (February 2021) and discusses four positive developments in the situation of the Rohingyas after the February 1, 2021 coup, concluding with a caution and some suggestions for the way ahead.
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- Statelessness in Asia , pp. 281 - 301Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025