In 2016, a record number of UK citizens received German passports. The German federal statistics office reports that there has been a 361% increase in the number of Britons who took German citizenship. The total number of passports granted to Read More …
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that unwed mothers and fathers cannot be treated in different ways. The ruling concerned Luis Ramon Morales-Santana born in the Dominican Republic to an American father and non-American mother. After convictions for Read More …
On 12 March 2017 the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Enda Kenny, announced that the government plans to hold a constitutional referendum in 2018 on the issue of voting rights in Presidential elections for citizens living outside the state, to apply Read More …
The Supreme Court of the U.S. will not review the decision that found that the 2013 North Carolina voting law discriminated against African American voters. In 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled that the law, Read More …
On 10 May, the Federal Court ruled that citizens are entitled to a fair hearing by an independent decision-maker before they are deprived of their citizenship. The judge ruled that eight people who had been stripped of their Canadian citizenship Read More …
The GLOBALCIT team took part at the State of the Union conference, organised by the European University Institute (EUI). The State of the Union is an annual event for high-level reflection on the European Union (EU), and this year’s event Read More …
The government of Australia is planning to amend its citizenship law and introduce additional requirements for naturalisation. The proposed amendments would require applicants to be permanent residents in Australia for four years and to pass a new English language test. Read More …
By David de Groot, GLOBALCIT collaborator On 19 April, the Council of State sent a case for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union. It concerns the automatic loss of the Dutch nationality (thus including Read More …
By Denis Scuto (GLOBALCIT expert, Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg) After the Luxembourg nationality law of 23 October 2008 (from now on called LNL), which introduced double ius soli and the toleration of dual or Read More …
The UK-based civil rights organisation New Europeans has started a campaign to pass the ‘Votes for Life’ legislation before the next General Election. The legislation would enable the UK citizens resident abroad for over 15 years to vote in the Read More …
