Over one thousand stateless people in Kenya are marching to the country’s capital in the attempt to secure citizenship. They are seeking a meeting with the country’s president Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss matters related to their status. The stateless Read More …
In an article entitled ‘Why 10% of Florida Adults Can’t Vote: How Felony Convictions Affect Access to the Ballot’, the New York Times explores how felony convictions affect the electoral rights of American citizen. The article builds on data provided Read More …
The Guardian reports that academics who are not British nationals will not be allowed to act as expert advisers to the UK government on matters related to Brexit. This has caused concern among the members of the academic community. The Read More …
In a policy statement of 7 October, the UK Minister for the Constitution, Chris Skidmore announced that the country would remove the 15-year limit on the exercise of voting rights for British citizens abroad. All British citizens would therefore receive Read More …
Four Korean diplomats who had been posted in African, European and Middle Eastern countries were summoned back to their country in late 2015 and early 2016. Their mandates ended prematurely because their children were dual nationals. In early 2016, Korean Read More …
The municipal parliament in Chur, Switzerland (canton of Graubünden) has rejected a proposal from the social democratic party to introduce alien voting rights. All parties apart from the social democrats voted against the proposal. Non-citizens should get voting rights only Read More …
The Tages Anzeiger has reported that a number of foreign nationals who obtained Swiss citizenship through marriage are potentially at risk of statelessness (if their country of origin does not accept dual nationality). The Swiss citizenship through marriage can be Read More …
A report published by Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) maintains that a fundamental reform of the UK citizenship policy is required in order to resolve the status of EU citizens living in the UK. The report highlights that citizenship Read More …
Pro-Erdogan demonstrations in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium; Terrorist attacks in Germany and France. Against the background of these events representatives of conservative parties throughout Europe have questioned dual citizenship. In Germany, Jens Spahn from the Christian Democrats was Read More …
After demonstrations by supporters of Turkey’s president Erdogan against the attempted military coup in Turkey, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, as well as spokespersons of the Conservative Party and one Green Party MP demanded stricter controls or higher penalties to Read More …
