The validity of the current Lithuanian Provisional Law on Citizenship was extended until July 1, 2010 in response to the failure of the Lithuanian unicameral Parliament, known as Seimas, to adopt a new Law on Citizenship by the end of Read More …
On December 14th, the new citizenship bill was drastically amended by the Constitutional Committee of the Chamber of Deputies following proposals by Isabella Bertolini, an MP of Berlusconi’s party Popolo delle Libertà (see). The most interesting aspect is that the Read More …
On 22 December 2009, the European Court of Human Rights decided in favour of applications brought by members of the Roma and the Jewish communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, alleging racial and ethnic discrimination because the rules of the post-Dayton Read More …
From:Statistics Netherlands 15 December 2009 by Han Nicolaas On 1 January 2009, just over 1.1 million people in the Netherlands had at least one other nationality alongside the Dutch nationality. This is nearly three times the number on 1 January Read More …
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Costica Dumbrava Traian Basescu won the second round of the Romanian 2009 presidential election by a margin of 71.000 votes after receiving 115.831 of the votes cast abroad (78.86 percent of the total). The support for Read More …
What does it take to become a citizen of a particular nation? In a globalizing world, and with increasing international mobility, is it justified to restrict membership of a society? If so, on what grounds? Do societies need a distinctive Read More …
News summary by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Dimitris Christopoulos “My government will suggest the acquisition of the Greek nationality by birth for every individual born on Greek territory,” said the Greek Prime Minister Geórgios Papandréou jr. at the International Migration Forum. Read More …
Citizenship Studies has just published an issue on Realignments of Citizenship in Europe, edited by Rainer Bauböck and Virginie Guiraudon. This special issue discusses realignments of citizenship that challenge the common equation between the community of citizens and territorial populations Read More …
Citizenship Law in Africa is a comparative study by the Open Society Justice Initiative and Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project. It describes the often arbitrary, discriminatory, and contradictory citizenship laws that exist from state to state, and recommends ways Read More …
Struggles for Citizenship in Africa brings together new material from across Africa of the most egregious examples of citizenship discrimination, and makes the case for urgent reform of laws and practices. Publication details and link to source: Bronwen Manby, ‘Struggles Read More …
