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The Impacts of the Burmese Citizenship Law on the “Rohingyaas”: A Critical Appraisal
Md. Jobair Alam
Abstract

           The enactment of the Citizenship Law of Burma in 1982 by the Union of Myanmar has brought about a new debate in the arena of International law as the said law is concerned not only with the issue of citizenship but also with human rights, ethnicity and other critical issues. Many, in fact, the majority, argue that the law clearly violates International human rights norms; facilitates the ways of discriminations and thus, becomes a major reason of concern for the global communities. The object of the current study is to assess the impacts of the Citizenship Law of Burma on the “Rohingyaas”. An interdisciplinary approach with legal and socio-political analysis of the said law along with its specific impacts on the “Rohingyaas” backed up by the secondary data is used. In order to achieve the objective, the study before identifying “Rohingyaas” at first focuses on the brief political history of Myanmar and then puts light on the provisions of the said citizenship law. After that, the impacts of the said Law on the ‘Rohingyaas’ are appraised. The study finally argues and thus, concludes that thorough-going exposure is needed in the way the government of Myanmar advocates for the Law of 1982 before the same can be said to reverberate to the popular demands of the right to citizenship in general and the recognition and protection of the rights of the “Rohingyaas “in particular.

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