We keep coming back to the subject of dual citizenship for an obvious reason: the wider acceptance of multiple citizenship is radically...

In May 2019, the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to affirm the continuation of...

Today, we continue our discussion of the relation between dual citizenship and franchise by focusing on passive suffrage – that is, the...

Not every individual or group can be neatly classified in terms of citizenship and membership. We saw this when previously touching on...

Last week, we raised the question whether the recent Russian citizenship-related measures towards Ukraine are acceptable under...

In a post from December 2018, we showed that the idea to create a permanent corps of 10,000 European Border and Coast Guards, in addition...

Since 2014, Russia and Ukraine have been involved in a military conflict that has led to more than 13,000 deathly casualties. Against...

Last month, we finished our post on the relation between nationality law and the Council of Europe (not to be confused with the European...

In previous episodes and separate research reports, we discussed the concept of EU citizenship as well as the most important rulings from...

In 2014, the Commission proposed a revamp of the EU’s visa code which sets out the rules for issuing short-term visas. The Code relates...

Dual citizenship among athletes is on the rise, as we demonstrated last year in a post on the 2018 World Cup. Asia is the continent where...

In our series on non-sovereign territories in the Caribbean we discussed the institutional position of the Dutch possessions in the...

On 20 March 2019, the “Forum for Democracy”, established in 2015, became the largest party in the Dutch Senate. Some turmoil arose when...

When Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, faced sexual assault allegations in Sweden in 2012 he sought asylum in the Ecuadorian...

The international human rights regime rapidly gained ground after WWII. The situation of all postwar refugees, many of them also...

When travelling to the European Union (EU), a person that is not a national of an EU Member State will have to obtain a Schengen Visa...

We have previously explained that UNHCR takes a multipronged approach to helping stateless persons and combating statelessness,...

The new Implementing Decree on the legal regime for entry, stay, exit and removal of foreign citizens from the national territory was...

Last week we discussed UNHCR’s role in protecting stateless persons. In doing so, of course, it first needs to be determined who is...

Apart from many other troubles, refugees are regularly subject to two crucial, interconnected problems. One is financial exclusion, the...