Nowhere People: exposing a portrait of the world's stateless | Greg Constantine | TEDxEastEnd
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2016
- Imagine not being a citizen of any country in the world. Photographer Greg Constantine shares photographs and personal stories from his ten-year project Nowhere People documenting the world’s ten million stateless people. In this compelling talk he highlights the impact this radical and devastating global human rights issue has on the lives of people all over the world and the role photography has made in exposing this dark element of the human condition.
An internationally acclaimed and celebrated independent documentary photographer, Greg’s most recent project is ‘Nowhere People’ which documents the struggles of stateless ethnic communities across the world, building upon his extensive contribution to highlighting human rights and social issues through the power of photography and ultimately sparking debate and change amongst the public and policy makers.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
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Met Greg in Vancouver, seven years ago. We had a good talk. I am stateless. Something to keep in mind is that statelessness is not something that happens in "far-away" lands also found in Western countries, it is right there in the global north. When I returned to Europe, I actually founded Apatride Network, a coalition of stateless people, communities and stateless-led organizations in the EU. A major part of our problem is that the work on statelessness has been done without the input of stateless people themselves. We aim to change that.
Thank you Greg Constantine! Your eloquence and passion brought me to understand statelessness a lot better. It will open the door for my own personal awareness on the issue. And wow, 10 years of persistent work overseas. I am impressed, envious and humbled. And I am envious of the inspiration it feels you received from connecting with so many strong and courageous individuals.
I am stetless for last 27years.
Feel very isolated and alienated
Many times I like to close my eyes and dream being a bird and fly away from this planet.
Same too...
Tell me it's not true
27 countries discriminate the women by not letting a mother to pass her citizinship to her children, the majority are "Arabic countries" where their main religion is "Islam" which originally guaranteed the full women's rights! I wonder what sort of religious beliefs they follow!In Kuwait, there are approximately 120K stateless people, while the citizens are approximately 1.2m!!! It means that approximately 10% of the local people are stripped off their rights 😶
Thank you... i was able to learn from you ^_^
In Estonia there are "non-citizen" passports! 🇪🇪 Some Russian speakers in Estonia make a point of having the non-citizen passport.
Thanks to Greg Constantine for this very well done talk! Is it possible to get hold of its transcript somewhere?
Go figure WHT happens if such stateless ppl get COUGHT,,
No laws considered them directly so anything could happen depending on where they are this will not get better as u barley could find or know them, sad truth we living.
For most of us in the developed world, this kind of life is unfathomable. if only there were systems in place to bring stateless folk from developing nations to a place where they could be offered support. We have so much abundance in the west! It would take both Governments and citizens working together to take action and step up for the less fortunate.
Fantastic
I'm from india and I'm a muslim now as per the rule by government i will lose my citizenship from india if i am not able to present my documents
Some choose to be "stateless".
I am "stateless".
I refuse to be "surety" for a corporation. To be a "citizen" of anywhere is to be a "subject".
"A "'citizen' of the United States" is a civilly dead entity operating as a co-trustee [cestui que trust] and co-beneficiary of the PCT (Public Charitable Trust), the constructive, cestui que trust of the US Inc. under the 14th Amendment, which upholds debt of the USA and US Inc."
--Congressional Record, June 13, 1967
"...it might be correctly said that there is no such thing as a citizen of the United States....A citizen of any of the States of the Union, is held to be, and called a citizen of the United States, although technically and abstractly there is no such thing."
---Ex Parte
Frank Knowles, 5 Cal. Rep. 300
I am sure many "stateless" people do suffer in very serious ways. I'm not making light of that. However, it is against my religion to obey anyone except God. The corporations that pretend to be "governments" are creating the suffering for people who are free. And so, for those of us who believe having birth certificates, driver licenses, social security numbers, etc, we are abused by the "States" that are around and not able to live life. We do what we can. We do all we know to do.
But, being a "citizen" ONLY means one is a cestui que trust. God forbids this! And so, By Act of God and as my conscience requires, I cannot call myself a cestui que trust.
~S
seaghandalriata[at]gmail[dot]com
I'm thinking of becoming stateless😊 thank you for your comment.
The difference between a refugee and a tourist is just a passport and some assets. Can we help elevate refugees (stateless) to become a tourist?
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Slavery has to come from somewhere...
I was born with no citizenship and I'm homeless.
C&S of living sucks to be you...
"A "'citizen' of the United States" is a civilly dead entity operating as a co-trustee [cestui que trust] and co-beneficiary of the PCT (Public Charitable Trust), the constructive, cestui que trust of the US Inc. under the 14th Amendment, which upholds debt of the USA and US Inc."
--Congressional Record, June 13, 1967
"...it might be correctly said that there is no such thing as a citizen of the United States....A citizen of any of the States of the Union, is held to be, and called a citizen of the United States, although technically and abstractly there is no such thing."
---Ex Parte
Frank Knowles, 5 Cal. Rep. 300
Let me know if you'd like to know somethings you can do to help yourself and others.
~S
seaghandalriata[at]gmail[dot]com
You state you have no citizenship and you're homeless. I'm curious to know if the the fact that you have no citizenship has any relationship to the fact that you're homeless. I'm not challenging you - I'm really curious as to how this came about. I never thought much about it but I can see some of the obstacles a person with no citizenship might encounter in order for a home. I'm being sincere. I'm curious to know your story.
TH-cam IM BEING FORCED TO WATCH THIS FOR SCHOOL PLZ DONT RECCOMEND TED TALKS TO ME