Citizenship and Statelessness in India

India is in the midst of a crisis around citizenship and statelessness. There are two immediate triggers for the crisis: (1) following a citizenship verification process, almost two million people have been left out of the state-run National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state of Assam, augmenting risks of statelessness; and (2) Indian Parliament has enacted legislation - the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 - which differentiates between religious groups in the provision of citizenship.

This project, led by the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Melbourne Law School and Jindal Global Law School, hosted a Research Roundtable with leading researchers, held on 7 October 2020.

The video recordings for the Research Roundtables on Citizenship and Statelessness in India are now available online.  You can view the recordings here.