The Conflict, Security, and Development Series—Citizenship-stripping and Counter-terrorism Policy: Moral, Legal and Strategic Considerations

Co-presented by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law School, the Center for Global Affairs at NYU'ss School for Professional Studies, The Program in International Relations at NYU's GSAS, the Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, and the Office of International Programs at NYU Wagner

September
26
12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Public
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Date:
September 26, 2017
Time:
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
The Puck Building - 295 Lafayette Street, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012

Citizenship is widely considered to be the most stable form of individual legal status. Yet, international law provides limited constraints on the state’s sovereign prerogative to denationalize (citizenship-stripping or involuntary loss of citizenship). Deprivation of nationality, as we have repeatedly seen throughout world history, is often a prelude to expulsion and exile. Over the last century, the use of formal/legal denationalization has declined steadily, and citizenship has opened up—to women, to national minorities, to long-term residents, and dual nationals. Since 9/11, however, states have increasingly deployed denationalization as a tool in combating terrorism-related national security threats. The trend seems likely to continue.

In this discussion, we will review the applicable legal standards and practical examples from several current national contexts as a basis for debating whether denationalization should be available to states as a counter-terrorism measure.

Speaker: Laura Bingham, Senior Managing Legal Officer, Equality and Inclusion, Open Society Justice Initiative

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