Safeguarding Against Statelessness at Birth International Law and Domestic Legal Frameworks of ASEAN Member States

This book covers the essential aspects of prevention of childhood statelessness focusing on norms governing the subject through the rights to acquire a nationality and to birth registration, two vital safeguards to prevent statelessness among children. Its unique feature lies in its exposition of the international legal norms focusing on prevention of childhood statelessness and systematic analyses of domestic legal frameworks on nationality and birth registration of the 10 ASEAN Member States. 

This book is designed for a wide range of readers comprising academics, advocates, students, policy makers, and other stakeholders working on statelessness affecting children, especially in Southeast Asia.

Rodziana Mohamed Razali (LL.B. (Hons)(IIUM), LL.M.(Melbourne), Ph.D.(UKM)), holds a lectureship position at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia and has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the field of law, including international law, migration law, and human rights. She was admitted as Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2016 and previously served in the Malaysian Judicial and Legal Service. In 2018, she was awarded the Arnold and Steinberg Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Migration Law and Policy by McGill University, Canada. Her research interests include legal Identity and prevention of statelessness, migration law and policy, and refugee protection. She leads research and consultation projects in her fields of interest for international and national institutions and has notably worked with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Malaysia, UNICEF Malaysia and Centre for Human Rights and Advocacy or CENTHRA.