Images: The 1982 Citizenship Law and Institutionalized Statelessness. Part I: Introduction
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Burma's 1982 Citizenship Law, enacted under General Ne Win's military government. From the Rohingya perspective, the law and its subsequent implementation transformed earlier political and citizenship insecurity into a much deeper system of legal exclusion and statelessness.A Burmese National Registration Certificate (NRC), representative of the state-issued registration documents held by many Rohingya before their citizenship status was progressively undermined under military rule.
