Citizenship deprivation in a context of terrorist violence: (multiple) membership and citizenship in France and the Maghreb

Posted onJune 15, 2022April 21, 2023

This blog post presents some reflections on the evolution of legal frameworks and political debates relating to citizenship deprivation in France and the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia). It explores two key stumbling blocks – the restriction of citizenship deprivation to those who hold another citizenship and to citizens by ‘acquisition’ – which are widely shared across the world. The blog concludes by exploring what it terms the new ‘identity turn’ in questions of deprivation.

Democracy undermined: elections in the UK are changing – here’s how

Posted onMay 17, 2022May 17, 2022

In this blog post, Toby James explains the implications of the UK’s recent Elections Act 2022.

The ECtHR on citizenship revocation: Solving or compounding the confusion?

Posted onMarch 29, 2022April 24, 2023

Earlier this month, the European Court of Human Rights rejected a complaint brought by a Danish-born man convicted of terrorist offences challenging the revocation of his Danish citizenship and his expulsion to Tunisia. The decision brings closure to a controversial case and shines new light on the sensitive relationship between citizenship revocation and Article 8 ECHR.

Passportization: Russia’s “humanitarian” tool for foreign policy, extra-territorial governance, and military intervention

Posted onMarch 25, 2022April 24, 2023

In this blogpost, Elia Bescotti, Fabian Burkhardt, Maryna Rabinovych, and Cindy Wittke discuss passportization as a tool of Russian foreign policy in the context of the recent war of aggression against Ukraine.

Surrogacy as citizenship deprivation in S.H. v. Poland

Posted onMarch 18, 2022April 24, 2023

In this blog post, Sarah Ganty analyses the recent admissibility decision of the European Court of Human Rights in S.H. v. Poland concerning the citizenship status of surrogate children.

Statelessness Statistics and IROSS: The UN Statistical Commission Grapples with Definitions

Posted onFebruary 21, 2022April 24, 2023

In this blogpost, Bronwen Manby discusses difficulties concerning the collection of statelessness statistics, focusing in particular on the efforts of the UN Statistical Commission to develop International Recommendations on Statelessness Statistics (IROSS).

British citizenship as a non-constitutional status: The UK Supreme Court ruling in PRCBC

Posted onFebruary 14, 2022April 24, 2023

In this blogpost, Timothy Jacob-Owens discusses the UK Supreme Court decision in PRCBC, comparing the ruling with earlier case law and considering some wider institutional factors which may help to explain the outcome.

New York City Restores Local Voting Rights for Noncitizens

Posted onFebruary 8, 2022April 24, 2023

In this blogpost, Els de Graauw discusses New York City’s recently enacted law to restore local voting rights for noncitizens. She contextualises this city law by situating it in the history of noncitizen voting in the United States and by comparing it to other recently adopted initiatives that advance urban citizenship in New York City.

Clause 9 of the Nationality and Borders Bill: An (Un)exceptional Event

Posted onJanuary 28, 2022April 24, 2023

In this blogpost, Rachel Pougnet discusses the proposed citizenship deprivation powers under Clause 9 of the Nationality and Borders Bill in the context of limited constitutional safeguards in the UK.

A New GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset: What, Why and How?

Posted onDecember 2, 2021January 31, 2022

In this blogpost, Luuk van der Baaren and Maarten Vink present the new GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset and identify major key global trends.

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Citizenship deprivation in a context of terrorist violence: (multiple) membership and citizenship in France and the Maghreb

Democracy undermined: elections in the UK are changing – here’s how

The ECtHR on citizenship revocation: Solving or compounding the confusion?

Passportization: Russia’s “humanitarian” tool for foreign policy, extra-territorial governance, and military intervention

Surrogacy as citizenship deprivation in S.H. v. Poland

Statelessness Statistics and IROSS: The UN Statistical Commission Grapples with Definitions

British citizenship as a non-constitutional status: The UK Supreme Court ruling in PRCBC

New York City Restores Local Voting Rights for Noncitizens

Clause 9 of the Nationality and Borders Bill: An (Un)exceptional Event

A New GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset: What, Why and How?