ABSTRACT
Rohingya narratives reveal how international approaches to tackling statelessness often fail to take account of state criminality. Effectively factoring in the knowledge and experiences of those most affected by state abuses can help ensure that international interventions on statelessness are not experienced as harmful and are more accountable to those they seek to protect and include. This chapter argues that integrating state crime frameworks within critical statelessness studies can provide rich understanding of survivors’ experiences that can inform international approaches to statelessness and inclusive development. Drawing on the findings throughout this study, the chapter considers the need to bridge the silos between social science and policy-focused work on legal identities, the value of examining ID systems from within a state crime framework, and the contributions this study makes towards the development of interdisciplinary methodologies in critical statelessness studies.
