{"id":74631,"date":"2020-11-06T11:27:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=74631"},"modified":"2021-12-02T14:57:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T19:57:25","slug":"confronting-the-problem-of-statelessness","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2020\/confronting-the-problem-of-statelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Confronting the Problem of Statelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-emphasis-on-text has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-quinary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"View of the city in Amman, Jordan\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-620x826.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-512x682.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-774x1032.jpeg 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-991x1321.jpeg 991w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-258x344.jpeg 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-397x529.jpeg 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-516x688.jpeg 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-794x1058.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-1023x1364.jpeg 1023w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-1239x1652.jpeg 1239w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-600x800.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photos by Kayla Ghantous (\u201921)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">International Law<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConfronting the Problem of Statelessness\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">BU Law International Human Rights Clinic students are documenting the laws and policies that deal with citizenship and nationality in Middle Eastern and North African countries.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar record-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">November 6, 2020<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/authors\/rebecca-beyer\/\">Rebecca Beyer<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>In 2018, students in Boston University School of Law\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/international-human-rights-clinic\/\">International Human Rights Clinic<\/a> represented a group of Ugandan Asians living in the United Arab Emirates whose access to citizenship had been barred for more than four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Visiting Clinical Instructor Yoana Kuzmova (LAW\/GRS\u201915), the clinic sought individual resettlement solutions and pressed the United Nations for action on exclusionary citizenship laws on behalf of their clients\u2014among or descended from the approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1972\/11\/12\/archives\/if-idi-amin-of-uganda-is-a-madman-hes-a-ruthless-and-cunning-one.html\">50,000 people forced to leave Uganda in 1972 by former military ruler Idi Amin<\/a>. Ultimately, the team was unsuccessful, and Clinical Professor of Law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/susan-m-akram\/\">Susan Akram<\/a>, the clinic\u2019s director, became convinced that only large-scale advocacy efforts in the Middle East could address the problem of statelessness\u2014a condition experienced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/globaltrends2017\/\">approximately 10 million people<\/a> around the world who are not considered a national by any state. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[The Ugandan Asians\u2019] cases are an unsolved problem in the bigger context of unsolved statelessness,\u201d says Akram, who directs the clinic\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although statelessness is not a new problem, there is growing awareness of the issue because of the long-running Syrian refugee crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat happens with children born in these host states who are unable to access citizenship?\u201d Akram asks. \u201cWe are finding an increase in intergenerational statelessness closely accompanying the new refugee crisis. It\u2019s a double-whammy for the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Akram and clinic students are working with local and international partners on the ground in the Middle East and North Africa to tackle the problem at its root. Working country-by-country, the students are convening stakeholders to lay out the relevant domestic, regional, and international laws in comprehensive reports designed to mobilize people and organizations around the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote record-block-bu-pullquote alignwide is-style-pop has-quinary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">What happens with children born in these host states who are unable to access citizenship? We are finding an increase in intergenerational statelessness closely accompanying the new refugee crisis. It\u2019s a double-whammy for the region.<\/div><footer class=\"caption\">Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic<\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kristina-fried-86481a101\/\">Kristina Fried<\/a> (\u201920) worked on the clinic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@BUSLAHR\/the-campaign-to-end-statelessness-in-lebanon-828cd7517f86\">Lebanon report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs valuable as it is to help individuals, a huge issue around statelessness is that there aren\u2019t really domestic laws to prevent it,\u201d she says. \u201cSo it really does come down to what the individual countries are willing to do in terms of changing legislation in ways that prevent statelessness from happening in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 2019, the clinic received a $180,000 grant from the Open Society Foundations to expand their work in the region. In addition to Lebanon, clinic students and their partners have prepared reports so far on Jordan and Iraq; this year students will be compiling information on and speaking to advocates in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely been a crash course in how easy it is to be stateless,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hope-modugno-779786144\/\">Hope Modugno<\/a> (\u201921), who is researching Egyptian laws for that country\u2019s report. \u201cI think most Americans don\u2019t realize that being born in a country and immediately getting citizenship is such a privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees launched its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/ibelong\/\">IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness<\/a> with networks of participating countries around the world. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/ibelong\/joint-strategy-countries\/\">only Lebanon participates from the Middle East and North Africa region<\/a>, a void that became obvious when Kuzmova, Akram, and their students tried to assist the Ugandan Asians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the big gaps in this whole global effort to combat statelessness was the fact that there was no network\u201d in the region, Akram explains. \u201cWe came to the conclusion that we had a role to play in helping kickstart a network.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay record-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-2-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Group from ARDD and IHRC sit at a conference table during the workshop\" class=\"wp-image-74636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1-636x477.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1-1101x826.jpeg 1101w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1-909x682.jpeg 909w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1-459x344.jpeg 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1-705x529.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1-917x688.jpeg 917w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-4-1.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) and Boston University&#8217;s International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) cohosted a workshop in Amman, Jordan, where stakeholders from various NGOs, INGOs, and UN organizations gathered to discuss statelessness. <\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"844\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-1024x844.jpeg\" alt=\"Samar Muhareb and Susan Akram shaking hands\" class=\"wp-image-74640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-1024x844.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-636x524.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-768x633.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-1002x826.jpeg 1002w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-827x682.jpeg 827w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-1252x1032.jpeg 1252w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-417x344.jpeg 417w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-642x529.jpeg 642w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-835x688.jpeg 835w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14-1213x1000.jpeg 1213w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-14.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Samar Muhareb, Executive Director of ARDD, and Professor Susan Akram, supervising attorney of the IHRC, sign a partnership agreement at ARDD&#8217;s office in Amman.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay record-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-s-s-s\">\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Representatives from AARD and IHRC present at a workshop\" class=\"wp-image-74651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1-636x477.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1-1101x826.jpeg 1101w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1-909x682.jpeg 909w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1-459x344.jpeg 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1-705x529.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1-917x688.jpeg 917w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\"><em>AARD and IHRC&#8217;s workshop in Amman to discuss statelessness.<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"938\" height=\"626\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Members of AARD and IHRC gather at a workshop\" class=\"wp-image-74639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-2-1.jpeg 938w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-2-1-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-2-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-2-1-500x334.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-2-1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-2-1-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-2-1-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"938\" height=\"626\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Representatives from AARD and IHRC present at a workshop\" class=\"wp-image-74652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-3.jpeg 938w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-3-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-3-500x334.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-3-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-3-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-3-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Middle Eastern countries have been reluctant to sign on to international treaties that address statelessness\u2014including the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness\u2014because the fate of stateless Palestinians has never been resolved. In part because of that history, Akram believes advocacy on behalf of stateless people in the region should be grounded in regional norms and agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need to ground our advocacy on Arab and Islamic consensus,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s where we\u2019re going to get traction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akram emphasizes that she and her students are helping connect advocates who were already engaged in the work on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are facilitating the work that NGOs have already been doing,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fried says she went into the clinic thinking that the stateless population in Lebanon would consist mostly of Syrians and Palestinians. But she soon learned that, because of complicated and gender-discriminatory citizenship laws\u2014including a convoluted birth registration process and a patrilineal system in which only fathers can pass citizenship on to their children\u2014Lebanese-born people make up a large portion of the stateless population in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay record-block-editorial-photoessay alignfull wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-thirds-1-1-1\">\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"View of the city street and a palm tree in Amman, Jordan\" class=\"wp-image-74643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-620x826.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-512x682.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-774x1032.jpeg 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-991x1321.jpeg 991w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-258x344.jpeg 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-397x529.jpeg 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-516x688.jpeg 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-794x1058.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-1023x1364.jpeg 1023w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-1239x1652.jpeg 1239w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-12.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">View from cafe in downtown Amman, Jordan.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"The Roman Amphitheater in Amman\" class=\"wp-image-74642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-620x826.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-512x682.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-774x1032.jpeg 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-991x1321.jpeg 991w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-258x344.jpeg 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-397x529.jpeg 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-516x688.jpeg 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-794x1058.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-1023x1364.jpeg 1023w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-1239x1652.jpeg 1239w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-6.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Kayla Ghantous (\u201921) visiting the Roman Amphitheater.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"View of the city in Amman, Jordan\" class=\"wp-image-74644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-620x826.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-512x682.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-774x1032.jpeg 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-991x1321.jpeg 991w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-258x344.jpeg 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-397x529.jpeg 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-516x688.jpeg 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-794x1058.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-1023x1364.jpeg 1023w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-1239x1652.jpeg 1239w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2020\/11\/Unknown-8.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Amman, Jordan.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe heard that from almost everyone at the table,\u201d she explains. \u201cPeople who have been Lebanese in every way for generations are left without a nationality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fried, who came to BU Law specifically for the chance to work in the IHRC, says her experience working in Lebanon confirmed her interest in refugee and stateless issues, and she has continued on that path in her current role as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/employers\/public-service-fellowships\/\">BU Law Public Service Fellow<\/a> working at the UNHCR in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kaylaghantous\/\">Kayla Ghantous<\/a> (\u201921), who <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@BUSLAHR\/childrens-nationality-rights-the-case-of-stateless-children-in-jordan-21bcc3beba\">worked on the Jordan report<\/a>, was also drawn to BU Law because of the clinic\u2019s reputation for hands-on human rights work. 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