Open AccessGender Discrimination and Statelessness in the Gulf Cooperation Council States
Author(s) -
Betsy L. Fisher
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
michigan journal of gender and law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2688-5565
pISSN - 1095-8835
DOI - 10.36641/mjgl.23.2.gender
Subject(s) - statelessness , nationality , political science , law , state (computer science) , marital status , foreign national , international law , immigration , criminology , sociology , demography , population , algorithm , computer science
Using the Gulf Cooperation Council countries as a case study, this Article outlines the ways in which gender and birth status discrimination create new cases of statelessness. These occur when women are legally unable to convey their nationality to their children. This Article studies gender and birth status discrimination in nationality laws and in civil registration, family, and criminal law in each GCC state: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Ending statelessness will require these states to end discrimination against women and non-marital children in all of its forms in law and practice.