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This book draws on Rohingya oral histories and narratives about Myanmar's genocide and ID schemes to critique prevailing international approaches to legal identities and statelessness.
Sommario
1. Introduction: IDs for Rohingya: 'Pathways to Citizenship' or 'Instruments of Genocide'?
2. Papers, Cards, and Perilous Encounters with the State: Identity documents, oral histories and state crime research
3. By-passing State Power and Neutralising State Bureaucracies in International Approaches to Statelessness
4. State Power and Identification Schemes in Rakhine: From the British colonial period to Burma's independence
5. IDs as Evidence of State Crime and Artefacts from the Early Decades of Independence
6. Genocide and Identity Destruction in Rohingya ID Narratives
7. 'Genocide Cards': IDs, Registration, and the Phases of Rohingya Genocide
8. IDs and International Approaches to Rohingya Statelessness: Towards social inclusion or identity destruction?
9. Conclusion: Seeing the State and Criminality in Statelessness
Info autore
Natalie Brinham is a researcher and author working on statelessness, ID systems, forced migration, and genocide. She also has many years of experience working in the UK and Southeast Asia in human rights, advocacy, and frontline provision for refugees and migrants. She holds a PhD in Legal Studies from Queen Mary University of London and an MA in Gender, Education and International Development from University College London.
Riassunto
This book draws on Rohingya oral histories and narratives about Myanmar’s genocide and ID schemes to critique prevailing international approaches to legal identities and statelessness.
