Citizenship law in Africa : a comparative study /

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Few African countries provide for an explicit right to a nationality. Laws and practices governing citizenship leave hundreds of thousands of people in Africa without a country to which they belong. Statelessness and discriminatory citizenship practices underlie and exacerbate tensions in many regio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Manby, Bronwen
Autores Corporativos: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Foundation, Open Society Institute, AfriMAP, Open Society Justice Initiative
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Open Society Foundations, Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy (AfriMAP), Open Society Justice Initiative, ©2010.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Citizenship > Africa.
Stateless persons > Africa.
Naturalization > Africa.
Human rights > Africa.
Apatrides > Afrique.
Naturalisation > Afrique.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Afrique.
HISTORY > Military > Pictorial.
Human rights
Citizenship
Naturalization
Stateless persons
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sources and acknowledgments
  • Disclaimer
  • Abbreviations
  • Definitions
  • Summary
  • African citizenship law
  • Racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination
  • Gender discrimination
  • Naturalisation
  • Dual citizenship
  • Due process: Revocation of citizenship and expulsion of citizens
  • International norms
  • Recommendations
  • International norms on citizenship
  • The right to a nationality
  • State succession and citizenship
  • Discrimination and arbitrary deprivation of citizenship
  • Due process in relation to expulsion
  • The jurisprudence of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights
  • Citizenship under colonial rule
  • The basis of citizenship law today
  • Right to a nationality
  • Citizenship by descent
  • Racial and ethnic discrimination
  • Gender discrimination
  • Botswana: The Unity Dow Citizenship Case
  • Reforms in North Africa
  • Ethiopia: The constitution and law are gender neutral, but practice is not
  • Proof of nationality
  • Supreme Court rules on proof of nationality in DRC
  • Dual citizenship
  • A change of mind on dual citizenship in East Africa
  • Citizenship by naturalisation
  • Citizenship requirements for public office
  • Egypt: Dual citizenship and political rights
  • Rights for the African diaspora
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Loss and deprivation of citizenship
  • Right to identity documents and passports
  • Egypt recognises the right of adherents of "non-recognised" religions to documentation
  • Citizenship as a "durable solution" for refugees
  • Appendix: Legal sources
  • Index
  • List of tables
  • Table 1: Countries providing a right to a nationality
  • Table 2: Right to citizenship by descent
  • Table 3: Right to pass citizenship to a spouse
  • Table 4: Countries permitting and prohibiting dual citizenship for adults
  • Table 5: Right to acquire citizenship as an adult by naturalisation or registration/declaration
  • Table 6: Criteria for loss of citizenship.

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