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Statelessness Working Paper Series No. 2017/7 Citizenship deprivation, (non) discrimination and statelessness. A case study of the Netherlands By Sangita Jaghai Statelessness Working Paper Series No. 2017/07 1

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Citizenship Deprivation, (non) Discrimination and Statelessness: A Case Study of the Netherlands

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Author: S. Jaghai

Journal / Publisher: Statelessness Working Paper Series

Volume / issue: 2017/07

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Description: This is a reflection on how deprivation of citizenship can create different classes of citizenship and can (symbolically) destabilise social cohesion. The Netherlands is used as a case study to exemplify this. This paper critically analyses three aspects that can contribute to the erosion of equal and unconditional citizenship. First, tensions at state level in the implementation of international law principles of non-discrimination and the prohibition of statelessness when regulating deprivation of citizenship. Both principles can be violated by national legislation on deprivation of nationality. Withdrawal of nationality can (un)intentionally result in statelessness under specific circumstances, leaving people without any nationality and subject to human rights violations. Other states limit deprivation of nationality to specific groups of citizens, resulting in differential treatment of citizens, which could be discriminatory. Second, challenges inherent to citizenship deprivation measures in the Netherlands in respect of ensuring equal and unconditional citizenship. Third, reflections on how political rhetoric on citizenship revocation, particularly in the case of terrorism, breeds fear in society, disrupts social cohesion and makes people believe that it is acceptable to make a distinction between groups of citizens.

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Academic publication

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NGO : ISI

Region

Europe

Country

Netherlands

Theme

Discrimination
Nationality Deprivation

Framework

UN Statelessness Conventions

Date published: Dec 1, 2017

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