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Melissa Stewart

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law

Honolulu, HI

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (8)

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Cascading Consequences of Sinking States

59 Stanford Journal of International Law 131
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2023
Melissa Stewart
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law
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climate change, international law, human rights, sea-level rise, statelessness, statehood

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Birthright Citizenship, Denaturalization, and the Specter of Statelessness

73 UCLA Law Review Discourse 170 (2026)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 May 2025 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2026
Melissa Stewart
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law
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birthright citizenship, denaturalization, statelessness, Fourteenth Amendment, international law, citizenship, constitutional law, legal scholarship, nationality

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'A New Law on Earth' Hannah Arendt and the Vision for a Positive Legal Framework to Guarantee the Right to Have Rights

Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 62, No. 1, (2021)
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 25 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2021
Melissa Stewart
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law
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international human rights, international law, international legal theory, Hannah Arendt, Rohingya, refugees, statelessness

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Jurisdictional Ingenuity in Pursuit of Promoting States' Obligations in the Context of the Climate Emergency

Posted: 14 Jul 2025
Melissa Stewart
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law

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climate change, international law, international courts and tribunals, advisory opinions, jurisdiction, public international law

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Statelessness: A Modern History, Mira L. Siegelberg

117 American Journal of International Law 371 (2023)
Posted: 04 Oct 2023
Melissa Stewart
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law

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Statelessness

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Hollande Administration Continues Discriminatory Deportations of Roma in France

Georgetown Immigration Law Review, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2012
Posted: 17 Mar 2021
Melissa Stewart
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law

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human rights, refugees, European Union, France, UNHCR

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Experts in Investor-State Arbitration: The Tribunal as Gatekeeper

Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2018, 9, 453-463
Posted: 17 Mar 2021
Melissa Stewart
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law

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investor-state arbitration, investment arbitration, valuation, experts

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'Rotting of the Flower': Persecution of the Rohingya Threatens Myanmar’s Democratic Transition & Further Imperils the Right to a Nationality

Georgetown Immigration Law Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2013
Posted: 17 Mar 2021
Melissa Stewart
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law

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international human rights, international law, Rohingya, Myanmar, statelessness, ethnic cleansing, genocide