Apatridia no Brasil: da invisibilidade ao convite para se tornar cidadão

Authors

  • Thiago Assunção

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21057/10.21057/repamv13n1.2019.24301

Keywords:

Nationality, statelessness, stateless persons, nationality, stateless, statelessness

Abstract

Statelessness is a serious problem which affects millions of persons worldwide. Although it is not a new question, it was not sufficiently studied yet, specially in Brazil. This paper aims to fill this gap, by analyzing the concept, causes and consequences of statelessness. In addition, it will shed light on how the South American country deals with the persons without any nationality in its territory. The research shows how, from not addressing the question at all, Brazil passed to be a country with a newly adopted legislation on the matter, which not only recognizes stateless persons, but also offers them the Brazilian citizenship, providing an innovative solution to their plight.

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Author Biography

Thiago Assunção

PhD in International Law by the University of Sao Paulo - USP, with a period as visiting researcher at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Masters in Peace Studies: Human Rights, International Cooperation and Policies of the European Union, at the University of Rome III (Italy). Assistant Professor of International Law and Human Rights, and Politics, State and Constitution at University Center of Curitiba - Unicuritiba and University Positivo - UP. GGF Fellow of the Global Public Policy Institute (Germany). Brasil.

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2019-04-29

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Assunção, T. (2019). Apatridia no Brasil: da invisibilidade ao convite para se tornar cidadão. Journal of Resarch Studies on the Americas, 13(1), 279–307. https://doi.org/10.21057/10.21057/repamv13n1.2019.24301

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019)

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Dossier: Migration in Latin America and Europe in comparative perspective

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