Citizenship Law in Africa: 3rd Edition
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse
2016
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| Edición: | 3rd edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429941206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface to the third edition
- Summary and recommendations
- International norms on nationality
- 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
- Nationality based on descent
- Adopted children
- Racial and ethnic discrimination
- Gender discrimination
- Dual nationality
- Naturalisation
- Nationality requirements for public office
- Rights for the African diaspora
- Loss and deprivation of nationality
- Renunciation and reacquisition
- Evidence and documentation
- State successions since independence
- Naturalisation as a "durable solution" for refugees
- Appendix : legal sources.
