Exploring Atypical Citizenship Deprivation and Spillover Effects in the Contested Taiwanese Citizenship
Journal: Statelessness & Citizenship Review
Year: 2026

Taiwan, an island nation with an ambiguous international status, has one of the most contested citizenship regimes in the world. This paper explores the perspectives of Taiwanese people on their precarious citizenship: a topic previously underexplored. The central argument posits that mis-recognition of Taiwanese citizenship by foreign authorities amounts to a denial of citizenship: a form of atypical citizenship deprivation that lacks human rights safeguards. Two recent European Court of Human