The recent situation regarding the right to a nationality in Nicaragua provides academics, civil society and policymakers relevant insights for the future protection of the right for the region. Read More …
The new citizenship rules are creating a two-tiered citizenship that separates natives from migrants and their descendants. This is a far cry from the universal egalitarianism that used to define the Swedish model.
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The blog-post considers what the recent election of a Member of the Scottish Parliament list for the duration of the next Scottish Parliament (five years) with limited leave to remain the UK to means for the effects of temporality on representation Read More …
Madeline-Sophie Abbas (Lancaster University) Background: Al-Hol camp The abrupt and uncoordinated closure of al-Hol camp on 22 February 2026 has reignited debates concerning the repatriation of those who travelled to Islamic State territory hoping to be returned to their country Read More …
In 1975 hundreds of thousands of Dutch citizens involuntarily lost their citizenship overnight. They were assigned the citizenship of the newly independent Suriname. This blog sheds light on the law effectuating this mass-denationalization, which is still in effect today, and considers the potential impact of contemporary national and European legal norms on its contemporary application. Read More …
With hundreds of thousands of Syrian Kurds having been deprived of citizenship since the 1960s, recent acknowledgement of their suffering by the current Syrian authorities is welcome. The context in which this took place, however, has left many Kurds feeling conflicted and critical about the unprecedented initiative. Situating historic experiences of statelessness and their continued legacy within a transitional justice framework in any meaningful way will require concerted, good-faith trust-building with this long-marginalised constituency. Read More …
This post discusses New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal’s inquiry into whether the restriction of transmission of citizenship by descent to one generation, contained in the New Zealand Citizenship Act 1977, breaches the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. Read More …
This blog post discusses the ongoing restrictive changes to naturalisation policy in Finland. It links these policy changes to domestic and regional political dynamics, both of which involve the radical right as a driving force behind citizenship reform. Read More …
Hannah Segers (University of Vienna) In an increasingly interconnected world, migration continues to transform societies, economies, and political landscapes. With around 300 million people living outside their countries of citizenship, the question of political inclusion has become more relevant than ever. Read More …
In 2024, Benin adopted a law offering people of African descent the opportunity to acquire nationality ‘by recognition’. In this blog post, Eric Codjo Montcho Agbassa and Renaud Fiacre Avlessi discuss the context of the law, its key provisions, and legal consequences, as well as its appeal to potential applicants. Read More …
