The “Right to have Rights”: the case of the Rohingya population

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The “Right to have Rights”: the case of the Rohingya population

Written by: Chiara Zampolli Edited by: Daniele Sorato Introduction Hannah Arendt’s concept of the “right to have rights” underscores the idea that human rights gain significance only when anchored in membership within a political community, a perspective further reinforced by Gündoğdu’s analysis of the necessity of political entities in upholding these rights (Arendt, 1976; Gündoğdu, 2012). Stateless individuals, of whom the Rohingya population…