Geneva – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is seriously concerned by the arbitrary deprivation of the Nicaraguan nationality of over 300 people. The recent legislative reforms in Nicaragua allowing for ...

The European Court of Human Rights refused Tuesday to hear an unlawful detention claim against Italy, finding that the applicant has not exhausted all available and effective domestic remedies. The ...

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded a 10-day visit to Brazil to investigate allegations of "arbitrary deprivation of liberty" in five cities. "Our concern is that Brazil ...

National cabinet’s decision to halve the number of international arrivals to Australia is yet another blow to the 34,000 Australians overseas trying to return home. But it is also far more than that.

Citizenship deprivation has emerged as a potent instrument of state sovereignty, deployed increasingly in the name of national security, counter-terrorism and migration control. This practice ...