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Our goal is to provide academics, governments, international organisations and NGOs with information for research and evidence-based evaluation of public policies.

We do not offer information or counselling to individuals interested in acquiring the citizenship of a particular country and we do not encourage experts in our network to answer such requests.

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"This website is a critical tool for all scholars and policy makers interested in the field of citizenship"

Elspeth Guild, Professor of European Migration Law, University of Nijmegen

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"European Citizenship is meant to be complementary to Member State nationality. The one cannot be studied or understood without the other. Now the resource exists to realize that imperative"

Joseph Weiler, New York University

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Introduction to National Citizenship Laws

 

In addition to current versions of national laws regulating the acquisition and loss of citizenship in the 33 countries covered by EUDO CITIZENSHIP, you will find here a collection of thematically related laws, constitutional provisions, bilateral agreements and government decrees since 1985 or 1989. Some historical laws as well as some legal provisions that were passed before 1985 have been included in the database because of their importance for understanding current legislation.

 

You can search our legislative database by country and by title/keyword (eg naturalisation, statelessness, refugee, etc.).

 

The database includes the following variables: Country, Date of Enactment, Title of Document (English), Title of Document (original), Relevant Article(s) [if applicable], Publication/Source (English), Status of the Law (in force/repealed, bill, etc), Full Text (translated), Full Text (original), Hyperlinks to consolidated versions on the Internet.

 

Nationality Laws Database

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