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Record Nr.

UNINA9910746985303321

Autore

von Rütte Barbara

Titolo

The Human Right to Citizenship : Situating the Right to Citizenship Within International and Regional Human Rights Law

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : BRILL, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

90-04-51752-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (477 pages)

Collana

International refugee law series, , 22133836 ; ; vol.21

Disciplina

342.08/3

Soggetti

Citizenship

International law and human rights

Statelessness

Asylum, Right of

Freedom of movement (International law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Citizenship and nationality : terms, concepts, and rights -- Domaine réservé? : statehood, sovereignty, and nationality -- Beyond sovereignty : the right to nationality in international law -- Defining the right to nationality : rights and obligations -- An Iindividual right realizing the right to citizenship.

Sommario/riassunto

"The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the right to citizenship in international and regional human rights law. It critically reflects on the limitations of state sovereignty in nationality matters and situates the right to citizenship within the existing human rights framework. It identifies the scope and content of the right to citizenship by looking not only at statelessness, deprivation of citizenship or dual citizenship, but more broadly at acquisition, loss and enjoyment of citizenship in a migration context. Exploring the intersection of international migration, human rights law and belonging, the book provides a timely argument for recognizing a right to the citizenship of a specific state on the basis of one's effective connections to that state according to the principle of



jus nexi"--