Report on Citizenship Law: Ghana Julia Schweers COUNTRY REPORT RSC/GLOBALCIT-CR 2024/02

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Report on Citizenship Law : Ghana

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Description: The report outlines Ghana's evolving citizenship laws since 1957: its history, modes of acquisition and loss, and current debates and reform plans. From its politicization in the 1960s-70s through the democratic reforms of the 1990s that introduced dual citizenship and addressed some, but not all, gender inequalities. The current debate centres on whether dual citizens can hold public office, which is still prohibited, and the challenges refugees face in gaining citizenship.

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