UK Supreme Court confronts statelessness in Al-Jedda case
Read the news report by the European Network on Statelessness. Read the case note on B2 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 616by EUDO-CITIZENSHIP expert Helena Wray.
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Spain: Ministry of Justice adopts exceptional measures to accelerate naturalisation procedures
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP expert Alberto Martín Pérez In June 2012, the Spanish Minister of Justice charged 1,000 commercial and property registrars with the task of processing the ever-increasing number of pending applications for naturalisation. The Ministry of Justice –which up to Read More …
Iceland Parliament declines Snowden’s citizenship bid
Read the news report in Reuters.
Austrian Parliament adopts citizenship law reform
By Rainer Bauböck (EUDO CITIZENSHIP co-director) On 4 July 2013, the First Chamber of the Austrian Parliament (Nationalrat) adopted a minor reform of the citizenship with the votes of social democratic and conservative MPs. These two parties (SPÖ and ÖVP) Read More …
Albania to grant citizenship to Ethnic Albanians in the neighbourhood and diaspora
By Albania & Kosovo Country Expert Gezim Krasniqi Until recently, the Albanian citizenship regime was one of the last remaining regimes in the region of Southeast Europe that did not apply the post-territorial principle of ethnic selectivity. Despite the fact Read More …
Should Citizenship be Conditional? The Ethics of Denationalization
While many political theorists have focused on the question of whether states have a duty to grant citizenship to noncitizens, this article examines the issues associated with the state’s withdrawal of citizenship. Denationalization powers have recently emerged as a controversial Read More …
Northern Irish citizens born in Irish Republic face difficulties in getting UK passports
Read the news report in The Belfast Telegraph.
Large increase in number of naturalisations granted in Ireland
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP partner Iseult Honohan. In answer to a parliamentary question on June 13, 2013, the Irish Minister for Justice confirmed a significant increase in of grants of citizenship by naturalisation since 2009. These have risen from 1,529 in 2002, and Read More …
Austrian citizenship law amendment discussed in parliamentary expert hearing
The Austrian Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee held a public expert hearing on the government’s proposed amendment to the citizenship law. EUDO CITIZENSHIP co-director Rainer Bauböck was invited to testify as expert and present the results of the ACIT project for Read More …
La controversa del ius soli in Italia: Risposta a Giovanni Sartori
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP Italy Country Expert Giovanna Zincone. Lo ius soli di stile europeo, il solo in discussione oggi in Italia, non prevede che il figlio di uno straniero nato sul posto diventi all’istante un cittadino, vuole che ci sia andato Read More …