Webinar: Citizenship, Inequality and Justice
Our next webinar gathers four speakers in roundtable discussions on the equality paradox at the heart of citizenship.
News
One fifth of the resident Swiss are dual nationals
The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) of Switzerland has announced that, in 2019, almost a million of the country’s resident population were dual Swiss nationals.
Japan Upholds Dual Citizenship Ban
The Tokyo District Court argued that allowing dual citizenship for Japanese citizens ‘could cause conflict in the rights and obligations between countries, as well as between the individual and the state’.
Webinar: Investor Citizenship
Our next webinar gathers six speakers in roundtable discussions on the opportunities and challenges of investor citizenship in a globalising world.
Italy shortens time to naturalisation decisions
Italy decided to shorten from four to two years the administrative procedure for decisions on naturalisation (for residence- and marriage-based citizenship acquisition).
France facilitates citizenship for COVID-19 frontline workers
French authorities have granted citizenship to approximately 74 “frontline foreign workers in the face of the health crisis” caused by COVID-19, and another 693 are in the final stages.
Belarus changes its citizenship law
On 10 December 2020, the Parliament of Belarus approved changes to the country’s citizenship legislation, to become effective six months after the amendments’ publication in the country’s Official Gazette. Amendments affect the modes of acquisition and loss of citizenship of Belarus.
Dual citizenship agreement between France and Spain
On 24 November 2020, France and Spain signed a dual citizenship agreement. Upon the entry into force of the agreement, French citizens naturalising in Spain will no longer be required to renounce their nationality.
Webinar: Access to Citizenship in the Global South
We want to build on the insights from our last forum debate in a webinar that looks into the broader question of how important access to citizenship is in the global South compared to other legal statuses and documents, such as birth certificates or permanent residence permits.
Norwegian citizenship gains popularity, but the pandemic slows the application process
On January 1 2020, Norway followed its Nordic neighbours and allowed for dual citizenship. The law change led to a massive increase in the number of citizenship applications: 30.000 applications were submitted during the first six months of the year. By contrast, the number of applications have remained stable at around 20.000 annually, from 2014 to 2019.