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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Open Society Foundations
c2010.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429956006719 |
| Summary: | 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, travel freely, or own property; they cannot work for the government; they are exposed to human rights abuses. Statelessness exacerbates and underlies tensions in many regions of the continent. Citizenship Law in Africa, a comparative study by two programs of the Open Society Foundations, describes the |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (124 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283593359 9786613905802 9781920489588 9781920489564 |
| Access: | Open Access |
