Pakistan Affirms the Retroactive Right of Pakistani Women to Confer Nationality on Their Children on an Equal Basis with Men Pakistan Affirms the Retroactive Right of Pakistani Women to Confer Nationality on Their Children on an Equal Basis with Men Imkaan Welfare Organisation, the Statelessness and Dignified Citizenship Co...

Good.

www.equalnationalityrights.org/261185-2/

American applications for Irish citizenship jump 63% Trump administration policies spur demand for ‘plan B’ passports, lawyers say

American applications for Irish citizenship jump 63%.

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Fifty years of Surinamese independence and the ongoing effects of the mass loss of Dutch citizenship - Globalcit In 1975 hundreds of thousands of Dutch citizens involuntarily lost their citizenship overnight. They were assigned the citizenship of the newly independent Suriname. This blog sheds light on the law e...

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Fifty years of Surinamese independence and the ongoing effects of the mass loss of Dutch citizenship 🇳🇱🇸🇷

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Most Syrians in Germany are there to stay Sending back masses of immigrants would be foolish and impossible

Almost a quarter of a million Syrians in Germany have naturalised in recent years; hundreds of thousands more will do so. The notion that they should be sent back, as the German chancellor has suggested, is implausible

Interim Syrian Government and the Legacy of Kurdish Statelessness – Finally Resolution and Justice? - Globalcit With hundreds of thousands of Syrian Kurds having been deprived of citizenship since the 1960s, recent acknowledgement of their suffering by the current Syrian authorities is welcome. The context in w...

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Is the new Syrian government finally delivering justice? Thomas McGee takes a critical look at Decree No. 13 and what it means for Kurdish rights

Is this meaningful redress, or another tactical concession to a long-marginalised community❓

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Looking forward to next week's Global Citizenship seminar @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-ggp.bsky.social !

Join us if you are around in Florence.

indeed the downside of an e-copy... (but compensated by the fact the whole @eui-eu.bsky.social community has access to your book at the same time) 😉

Looking forward!

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it.

This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

Including comments by our Co-Director @maartenpvink.bsky.social

Gabon's new nationality code joins the minority of states founding nationality on indigenous 'autochtone' descent - though also providing for rights based on birth in the territory and protection against statelessness citizenshiprightsafrica.org/ordonnance-n...

In the Birthright Citizenship Hearing, a Story of Asians Fighting for Rights

Citizenship in the News 📰🇺🇸

In the Birthright Citizenship Hearing, a Story of Asians Fighting for Rights: In the Supreme Court’s oral arguments, lawyers and justices cited a litany of cases reflecting how long it took for Asians to win the right to be American

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

Why more and more people are acquiring citizenship in European countries The number of people acquiring the citizenship of a European country has increased massively compared to a decade ago. Experts say that the trend has accelerated in recent years due various factors.

I was glad to inform the reporting by The Local Europe on the trends in citizenship acquisition across Europe. In short, the numbers reflect refugee naturalization, continuing Brexit naturalization effects, as well as policy developments in various countries.

www.thelocal.com/20260403/why...

Who wants to be a European citizen? Five questions about Eurostat’s latest citizenship data

See for more details on what’s driving the statistics on citizenship acquisition across Europe my recent blogpost:

open.substack.com/pub/maartenp...

Who wants to be a European citizen? Five questions about Eurostat’s latest citizenship data

See for more details on what’s driving the statistics on citizenship acquisition across Europe my recent blogpost:

open.substack.com/pub/maartenp...

Why more and more people are acquiring citizenship in European countries The number of people acquiring the citizenship of a European country has increased massively compared to a decade ago. Experts say that the trend has accelerated in recent years due various factors.

I was glad to inform the reporting by The Local Europe on the trends in citizenship acquisition across Europe. In short, the numbers reflect refugee naturalization, continuing Brexit naturalization effects, as well as policy developments in various countries.

www.thelocal.com/20260403/why...

Glad to see good use of our @globalcit.bsky.social data on the regulation of birthright citizenship around the world 🌎

Better title:

US-style automatic birthright citizenship is very common throughout the Americas, but uncommon elsewhere.

💡 Marking the #EUI50 anniversary, we ask: what piece of knowledge transformed your research? In her essay, @eui-law.bsky.social alumna Síofra O’Leary shows how landmark court cases shaped her understanding of law, rights & social change: https://loom.ly/nGWxuZA

Learning new tricks: rethinking migration from the ground up | EUIdeas Andrew Geddes reflects on how working with young people in Florence reshaped his work on migration—revealing knowledge as something lived, shared & co-created beyond traditional academic boundaries. euideas.eui.eu/learning-new...

Deze spelers moeten vrezen door de paspoortsoap De kwestie rond paspoorten en de status van internationals van Indonesië en Suriname houdt de Nederlandse voetbalwereld de afgelopen weken bezig. In aanloop naar de hervatting van de Eredivisie praten...

Wat een puinhoop!

www.vi.nl/pro/deze-spe...

Precisely @moiradonegan.bsky.social

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Under very different circumstances, it might be possible to offer sound policy arguments for jus sanguinis or a hybrid approach to determining citizenship. In the contemporary United States, however, the efforts to narrow birthright citizenship rest on odiously racist views. Thus, if and when the Supreme Court rejects Trump’s citizenship EO, the ruling should be celebrated not only as a vindication of the Constitution’s meaning but also as the triumph of a deep principle of American democracy. POSTED IN: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW TAGS: 14TH AMENDMENT, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, SCOTUS Michael C. Dorf MICHAEL C. DORF Michael C. Dorf is the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University

Fully agree with this conclusion by @dorfonlaw.bsky.social on what is at stake in the SCOTUS case on birthright citizenship. As much as the comparativist in me is interested in discussing pros/cons of alternatives, we can’t lose sight of the specific US context.

verdict.justia.com/2026/03/31/t...

Trump’s Absurd Citizenship Arguments Went Nowhere The scandal is that the case got this far.

Citizenship in the News 📰🇺🇸

Supreme Court begins oral arguments on birthright citizenship, with Donald Trump in Courtroom: Justices overwhelmingly appeared dismissive of Sauer’s legal arguments

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

For more commentary on the Supreme Court hearing, see these threads 👇

Configurations of citizenship governance: membership asymmetries in times of crisis What happens to citizenship governance when states must decide whom they will protect during a crisis? This article highlights the highly variegated and context-specific nature of citizenship gover...

What is citizenship in times of crisis?

In a new #OpenAccess article with @jdzankic.bsky.social and @ashleymhollands.bsky.social, we analyse data from 204 countries & territories during COVID-19

1/4🧵

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Justices Don’t Buy Trump’s Citizenship Arguments The scandal is that the case got this far.

It's a relief that the Supreme Court appeared so skeptical of Trump's arguments on birthright citizenship. But it's still a scandal that the case got this far to begin with.

Update from Amy Qin

One of the speakers outside the Supreme Court today was Norman Wong, 76, the direct descendant of Wong Kim Ark, the Chinatown cook who was behind the 1898 case that affirmed birthright citizenship for all.

Trump v Barbara. 1) There's a dispute over what original public meaning of the birthright clause was. ACLU has more evidence. 2) Alito had bizarre textual questions that do not bear on holding of Wong Kim Ark. 3) Legal + policy arguments in play. Hope policy ones win. 4) This was all unnecessary.

Glad to see good use of our @globalcit.bsky.social data on the regulation of birthright citizenship around the world 🌎

Better title:

US-style automatic birthright citizenship is very common throughout the Americas, but uncommon elsewhere.