Documents for identity: Citizenship impasse in Assam, India

Sharma, Chetna

doi:10.1177/14687968211046965

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“…Different documents are used as appendices to one another depending on the situation, adding to the fraught nature of the process. Furthermore, the state reserves the right to question or revoke citizenship by questioning the validity of previously approved documents (Sharma, 2021). Similarly, a person's name may be included in the NRC, but the same could be revoked by the Border Police or Election Commission.…”

Section: Mapping the Linkages Between Citizenship Regimes And Everyda...mentioning

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Examining citizenship regimes in Assam through a structural and cultural violence lens

Dutta,

Azad,

Tanjeem

2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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In this paper, we examine citizenship crisis in the Northeast Indian state of Assam through the lenses of structural and cultural violence. In 2019, close to two million people in Assam were disenfranchised by updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The vast majority of those disenfranchised are Miya people who have been subjected to legacies of persecution and violence since the early 19th century during British colonial rule. We map the contours of the citizenship crisis by centering the struggles of Miya communities who are most deeply impacted by violent citizenship regimes. Using a structural and cultural violence lens, we elucidate the linkages between colonial histories, (post)colonial policies, and institutional practices on the one hand and Miya people's everyday struggles on the other. Across these analyses, we demonstrate how current citizenship regimes operate as a form of state‐sanctioned violence against Miya people. The implications of these analyses for rethinking contemporary notions of citizenship and belonging for community‐engaged scholarship are discussed.

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Section: Mapping the Linkages Between Citizenship Regimes And Everyda...mentioning

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Examining citizenship regimes in Assam through a structural and cultural violence lens

Dutta,

Azad,

Tanjeem

2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…The document serves as proof of the statement. It is used to ensure the necessity and authenticity of the information contained in documents (Sharma, 2021).…”

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"Criminal" Law Politics Regarding the Legalization of Citizenship Documents (Apostille) in Indonesia

Mansar

Limbong

2023

Rand. Inter. Social Sci. J.

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The legalization of citizenship documents is not only an administrative matter in countries whose administrative systems exist throughout the world. Philosophically, the purpose of legalization is to protect and create legal certainty for every user. Therefore it is necessary to analyze the political role of criminal law about the apostille and which citizenship documents are part of the apostille. Because Indonesia's international interaction policy resulted in the ratification of many national conventions, including the Congress on the Elimination of Legalization of Foreign Public Documents. The use of all documents is the right and obligation of each person to comply with all applicable regulations in different countries. The use of documents and their evidentiary system regulated in the Decree of the Minister of Law and Human Rights Number 6 of 2022 is a national policy that provides legal protection and certainty to all users and those who have the authority to legalize citizen documents. The practices offered are administrative and public (criminal) rights. The emergence of a criminal justice policy regarding the authentication of citizenship documents that applies in 121 countries is urgently needed to protect, for example, parties or bodies authorized to carry out authentication. One of the state institutions authorized to legalize civil documents is a notary. Based on the Notary Law, the position of Notary is called an official who has the authority to handle special requests from the public related to Notaries. It should be noted that documents that can be used both domestically and abroad must be legalized by 5 (five) authorities, namely the Document Authority, the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the destination country and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the destination country.

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Hijras of Assam: undocumented ‘citizens’ in the National Register of Citizens

Sharma¹

2022

Contemporary South Asia

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Documents for identity: Citizenship impasse in Assam, India

Cited by 4 publications

References 34 publications

Examining citizenship regimes in Assam through a structural and cultural violence lens

Examining citizenship regimes in Assam through a structural and cultural violence lens

"Criminal" Law Politics Regarding the Legalization of Citizenship Documents (Apostille) in Indonesia

Hijras of Assam: undocumented ‘citizens’ in the National Register of Citizens

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