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 …
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 …
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 …
During the Universal Periodic Review Sessions that took place in late January, the Human Rights Council had The Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Burundi, France, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mali, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tonga and the United Arab Emirates under review. The focus Read More …
By Djordje Sredanovic, (Un)preferential treatment: ‘Special’ and particularistic citizenship norms in the EU28, 1992–2015 Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 2018 Read More …
GLOBALCIT team participates in FAIR EU (Fostering Awareness, Inclusion and Recognition of EU Mobile Citizens’ Political Rights) project funded by Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Commission. The project is implemented by European Citizens Action Service (ECAS), in consortium Read More …
Two months after the UK voted to leave the European Union, Ireland introduced a new policy, whereby citizenship applicants must not have been absent from Ireland for more than six weeks in the year preceding the application. This rule may Read More …
Julian Assange has received Ecuadorian nationality in December 2017. Following this, Ecuador following then purported, in January, to grant him the status of a diplomat in the UK. This gave rise to new claims that the UK now has the Read More …
