The Global State of Citizenship: Discrimination in nationality laws increasingly exceptional on the surface, but pervasive behind the scenes

Posted onMay 12, 2023May 15, 2023

This is the first post in a series of blog posts on The Global State of Citizenship, accompanying the launch of an updated version of the GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset. The v2 version of the Dataset will include data on all modes of acquisition and loss of citizenship in 191 countries, covering the years 2020-2022; as well a longitudinal data on dual citizenship acceptance worldwide, 1960-2022.

The Brexit Naturalization Effect: Six Years After the Referendum

Posted onMarch 6, 2023March 10, 2026

In this blogpost, Maarten Vink uses the recently published data from Eurostat to study trends in the impact of Brexit on naturalisations by British citizens in other European countries six years following the referendum

Court decisions on voting rights spur constitutional change in New Zealand

Posted onDecember 21, 2022March 10, 2026

In this post, Kate McMillan reflects on how two Supreme Court decisions concerning voting rights have been at the heart of recent and significant constitutional developments in New Zealand.

Upgrading German citizenship: The unfounded unease about easing naturalization in Germany

Posted onDecember 14, 2022March 10, 2026

Germany’s government has proposed to ease immigrants’ access to citizenship. The opposition is not happy with this. In this piece, Samuel Schmid argues that their concerns are unfounded. Overall, the new law should not be counted as a devaluation but instead as an upgrade of the democratic value of German citizenship.

How can previous public health emergencies help us understand the COVID-19 travel restrictions?

Posted onNovember 30, 2022November 30, 2022

In this blog post, Lorenzo Piccoli, Jelena Džankić, Didier Ruedin, and Timothy Jacob-Owens argue that the global scale and variation of COVID-19 mobility restrictions can open up new avenues for research on the legal and policy frameworks governing mobility, migration, and citizenship.

No redress without ‘good character’: Windrush and citizenship at the Court of Appeal

Posted onAugust 10, 2022April 24, 2023

In this blog post, Timothy Jacob-Owens and Jo Shaw reflect on the implications of a recent decision of the Court of Appeal to the effect that no special provision needs to be made for members of the UK’s Windrush generation in relation to the ‘good character’ requirement for naturalisation.

Citizenship deprivation as banishment: The High Court of Australia in Alexander’s case

Posted onJuly 11, 2022April 24, 2023

On 8 June 2022, in Alexander v Minister for Home Affairs [2022] HCA 19, the High Court of Australia invalidated a ministerial power of citizenship deprivation. It reasoned that the deprivation was punishment for misconduct. Punishment for misconduct is an exclusively judicial function, one that cannot be conferred on the executive. This characterization of deprivation as punishment rested on a view of citizenship as a fundamental assurance of territorial security.

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.

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The Global State of Citizenship: Discrimination in nationality laws increasingly exceptional on the surface, but pervasive behind the scenes

The Brexit Naturalization Effect: Six Years After the Referendum

Court decisions on voting rights spur constitutional change in New Zealand

Upgrading German citizenship: The unfounded unease about easing naturalization in Germany

How can previous public health emergencies help us understand the COVID-19 travel restrictions?

No redress without ‘good character’: Windrush and citizenship at the Court of Appeal

Citizenship deprivation as banishment: The High Court of Australia in Alexander’s case

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?

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