UID:
almahu_9949711700302882
Format:
1 online resource (124 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-283-59335-1
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9786613905802
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1-920489-58-4
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1-920489-56-8
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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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
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-936133-29-6
Language:
English
