Global Birthright Indicators now live
GLOBALCIT has now released the Global Birthright Indicators, allowing users to compare how citizenship is acquired at birth in 177 countries in the world.
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Working Paper: EU citizenship : still a fundamental status?
Jo Shaw: EU citizenship: still a fundamental status? EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2018/14. Link to publication details and abstract.
EU migrant vote in British local elections in May 2018
The Economist writes that the British decision to leave the European Union (EU) ‘provided a swift, if unwelcome, education for Britain’s 3m EU migrants about what rights they enjoy’. The EU citizens will take part as voters and candidates in Read More …
Malta reduces the voting age in national and EP elections to 16
The Parliament of Malta has unanimously voted to change the country’s constitution and expand its electoral franchise by reducing the age threshold for voting in national and European Parliament elections to 16 years of age. Read more here. For details Read More …
GLOBALCIT Co-director Jo Shaw elected as one of Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Fellows
GLOBALCIT Co-director Jo Shaw as been elected as one of 66 new Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). As an RSE Fellow, Prof. Shaw will “provide independent and expert advice to policymakers, support aspiring entrepreneurs, develop research capacity Read More …
New GLOBALCIT country report on citizenship law in South Africa
Check out Christine Hobden’s report on citizenship law in South Africa
GLOBALCIT research institute profile in the APSA Migration and Citizenship Newsletter
The Winter 2018 issue of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Migration and Citizenship Newsletter includes a research institute profile for GLOBALCIT. Read about our previous and planned activities and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any Read More …
UK Supreme Court: gender discriminatory rule to be ignored
The Supreme Court decides that a registration condition in the British Nationality Act which is impossible to satisfy for descendants of the female line has to be ignored. Section 5(1) of the British Nationality Act 1948 stipulated the the general rule Read More …
Questions on EU citizenship after Brexit referred to the ECJ
The presiding judge of an Amsterdam court will refer preliminary questions on the consequences of the British withdrawal from the European Union to the European Court of Justice. The question will address the EU citizenship rights of British nationals after Read More …
Bahrain: citizenship deprivations and deportations
Human Rights Watch reports that Bahraini authorities have deported eight stateless Bahrainis, since the end of January 2018. The stripping of citizenship and deportation was based on a 2012 ruling that foresaw such actions for “damaging state security.” Since 2012, Read More …