SWISSCIT: Index on Citizenship Law in Swiss Cantons
By Jean-Thomas Arrighi and Lorenzo Piccoli, SWISSCIT: Index on Citizenship Law in Swiss Cantons, nccr – on the move working papers series, 2018
Citizenship in Africa: The Law of Belonging
The content of citizenship laws can be politically controversial in any country. African states, whose borders were, for the most part, arbitrarily created at the stroke of a pen in Berlin in 1885, have particular challenges. The 1964 decision of the newly formed Organisation of African Unity to respect those borders committed the continent to the task of moulding the colonial units into legitimate political communities. Read More …
Bürgerschaft und Demokratie in Zeiten transnationaler Migration
By Joachim Blatter, Martina Sochin D’Elia, Michael Buess, Bürgerschaft und Demokratie in Zeiten transnationaler Migration: Hintergründe, Chancen und Risiken der Doppelbürgerschaft, Schweizerische Eidgenössische Migrationskommission, 2018
Ius soli the Italian way. The long and winding road to reform the citizenship law
By Guido Tintori, Ius soli the Italian way. The long and winding road to reform the citizenship law, Contemporary Italian Politics, 2018
Non-resident Hungarians get voting rights in EP elections
On 12 December, the Hungarian Parliament voted into law the amendments to the Act CXIII of 2003 on the Election of Members of the European Parliament tabled by the governing party in October (see GLOBALCIT News, 23 October 2018). The Read More …
Five new reports on political participation of mobile EU citizens
GLOBALCIT has now published five new reports on political participation of mobile EU citizens. Reports on political participation of mobile EU citizens in Estonia, Spain, Latvia, Finland and the Netherlands can be accessed through CADMUS, and our publications section.
Nationality and International Law
Special Issue, Nationality and International Law, Netherlands International Law Review, 2018
Citizenship in Africa. The Law of Belonging
By Bronwen Manby, Citizenship in Africa. The Law of Belonging, Hart Publishing, 2018
Citizens’ Rights in the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement: Ossifying EU citizenship as a juridical status?
On Sunday 25th November 2018, the European Council gave its political blessing to the draft of the Withdrawal Agreement whereby the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. From the outset of negotiations, the European Council identified protecting the rights of UK nationals in EU Member States and EU nationals in the United Kingdom as a priority in its guidelines. These efforts have culminated in Part II of the Agreement. This post will provide a brief overview of the substance of these provisions, and the mechanisms that have been established to ensure their enforcement. Read More …