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Citizenship law in Africa : a comparative study /
Few African countries provide for an explicit right to a nationality. Laws and practices governing citizenship effectively leave hundreds of thousands of people in Africa without a country. These stateless Africans can neither vote nor stand for office; they cannot enrol their children in school, tr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
African Minds,
[2016]
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface to the third edition; Disclaimer; Abbreviations; Definitions; Summary and recommendations; The right to a nationality in African laws; Racial, ethnic and religious discrimination; Gender discrimination; Naturalisation; Dual nationality; Loss, deprivation and arbitrary non-recognition; International norms; Recommendations; International norms on nationality; The right to a nationality and prohibition of statelessness; Nationality in the context of state succession; Deprivation or non-recognition of nationality and expulsion from a territory.
- The jurisprudence of the African human rights bodiesAfrican states' accession to international treaties; Nationality under colonial rule and the transition to independence; The basis of nationality law today; The right to a nationality in national law; Nationality based on birth in the territory; Children of stateless parents or who would otherwise be stateless; Foundlings or children of unknown parents; Nationality based on descent; Adopted children; Racial and ethnic discrimination; Gender discrimination; Nationality of children; Nationality based on marriage.
- Partial reforms on gender equality in North AfricaDual nationality; Naturalisation; Nationality requirements for public office; Dual nationality; Naturalised persons; Rights for the African diaspora; Ethiopia; Ghana; Loss and deprivation of nationality; Renunciation and reacquisition; Evidence and documentation; Birth registration and evidence of entitlement to nationality; Proof of nationality; The right to a passport; State successions since independence; Separation of part of a territory; Transfers of territory; Naturalisation as a "durable solution" for refugees; Appendix: Legal sources.