LEADER 04211oam 22007214a 450 001 9910524880303321 005 20230516182301.0 010 $a1-283-59335-1 010 $a9786613905802 010 $a1-920489-58-4 010 $a1-920489-56-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000246015 035 $a(EBL)1919402 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000736748 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11418338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736748 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10789641 035 $a(PQKB)11741527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1919402 035 $a(OCoLC)467374727 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22832 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1919402 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10597079 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390580 035 $a(OCoLC)900346161 035 $a(PPN)187347603 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000246015 100 $a20091208d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCitizenship Law in Africa$eA Comparative Study /$fby Bronwen Manby ; Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) ; Open Society Justice Initiative 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cOpen Society Institute,$d2009 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (124 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-936133-29-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aThe 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 327 $aCitizenship 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 330 $aFew 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 606 $aNationality$2itrt 606 $aNational law$2itrt 606 $aEmigration and immigration law$zAfrica 606 $aCitizenship$zAfrica 615 7$aNationality. 615 7$aNational law. 615 0$aEmigration and immigration law 615 0$aCitizenship 676 $a355.009 700 $aManby$b Bronwen$01097552 712 02$aOpen Society Justice Initiative. 712 02$aAfriMAP 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524880303321 996 $aCitizenship Law in Africa$92618005 997 $aUNINA