Published in @IndianExpress today! We argue that CAA doesn’t create a judicious, fair & accountable refugee system that protects human rights. Rather, it pushes people into a bureaucratic nightmare of uncertainty & vulnerability.

‘This exercise reveals the state’s presumptuous character. It burdens citizens with the constant demand to prove their identity. The KYC mania has extended to voting: Proof must be furnished again and again, often under arbitrary or shifting standards.’.

RT @angshuman_ch: Some of us have been screaming our lungs out since the last 5-6 years that the unjust Assam model of NRC/Doubtful Voter w….

Shared some thoughts with @scroll_in on how lack of clear guidelines on what constitutes as a proof of citizenship in India provides vast discretion to low-level bureaucrats in Bihar electoral roll revision. It has the potential to create exclusion and undermine people’s rights.

RT @angshuman_ch: How India's new immigration law widens the space for expulsion of foreigners, undocumented migrants & vulnerable refugees….

Last week, I had the pleasure of engaging with @EdinburghUni students on citizenship & statelessness in India. We discussed the history, citizenship determination mechanisms in Assam, & recent legal changes, including CAA ’19. Always a privilege to return to @TJacobOwens’ class!.

Thrilled to begin my PhD at @McMullin_Centre @UniMelb! Grateful to the mentors and friends who supported me! I’ll be researching nationality struggles during protracted climate migration. Looking forward to connect, discuss and collaborate!.

RT @djag2: Happy 40th anniversary of Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America)….

RT @AMPelliconi: New by @profjmcadam & @ChiaraScissa for @ejiltalk: existing refugee and human rights law can already provide protection in….

RT @AdHaque110: The ICC does not compare States or armed groups with each other. The ICC compares each individual's conduct with their leg….

RT @Heidi__Matthews: Today's ICC arrest warrants against Israeli PM Netanyahu & Yoav Gallant—and Hamas' Deif—are momentous. This is the fir….

RT @VictorKattan: Norway to ask ICJ for advisory opinion condemning Israel’s stance on Unrwa

RT @ejiltalk: The General Assembly Must Protect UNRWA by Requesting a Binding Advisory Opinion | by Eirik Bjorge.

RT @JC_Hathaway: This is quite right. Israel has no authority to prevent UNRWA from doing its critical work for refugees. But Netanyahu a….

RT @Alonso_GD: “South Africa has no case”. Court admits the case. “But it has no *plausible case*”. Court issues preliminary measures order….

RT @EpshtainItay: BREAKING: UK government to complete the decolonization of the Chagos Archipelago and reverse sovereignty to Mauritius. A….

RT @chetnakum: Delhi has four seasons — furnace, flood, smoke and spring.

RT @lipstickkranti: This is the data we needed. Honestly, so much more needs to be said about this. To think that this figure doesn’t even….

RT @AdHaque110: “We Slovenians have dreamed of this right for 1,000 years. We got it 33 years ago,” Golob said. “Unfortunately, the Palesti….

I will remember this day. So many reasons to be happy. There are instances of divine justice and promises of diverse representation from many quarters. Hope wins, hate loses!.

RT @appadappajappa: This is absolutely amazing for how bills will be passed in Lok Sabha. There's going to be no party with clear majority.….