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...

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Main Author: Manby, Bronwen (-)
Corporate Authors: Open Society Foundations (-), AfriMAP, Open Society Justice Initiative
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Open Society Foundations c2010.
Edition:2nd ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429956006719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Sources and acknowledgments; Disclaimer; Abbreviations; Definitions; Summary; African citizenship laws; 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 Peoples' RightsCitizenship 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 offi ceEgypt: 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; Untitled