Download ‘The Rise of Citizenship Deprivation: A Global Threat to Human Rights’

The report is an important contribution to the literature around counter-terrorism and human rights.

Caterina Aiena, the report’s author, said:

“Using this measure to deal with citizens who pose a threat to national security has been superimposed upon older debates about who deserves to be a citizen. The measure fails many human rights safeguards, fails to impact in any way to protect citizens from acts of political violence and perpetuates structural injustices. We need a new and robust conversation about citizen stripping.” 

 

The report on the States’ practice of citizenship deprivation provides a comprehensive analysis of the main human rights violations by States used to target, inter alia, EU citizens by means of deprivation of citizenship as a counter-terrorism measure. The analysis reveals historical background, EU States’ legal practices, human rights violations, and a complete failure to engage properly with the issue of ‘terrorism’ at the EU level and beyond.

The report was published by IHRC in September 2023. It is no longe embargoed. Download a copy here.

Caterina Aiena, the report’s authors, has been working as Policy Officer at IHRC. She is the author of other publications, including IHRC Communications to the International Criminal Court on Zakzaky’s case; ‘Saving Grace: State and Social Attacks on Migrants and Human Rights Defenders in Italy’, ‘The War in Yemen: Sacrificing Human Rights in the Name of an Illegitimate War’

The report has been launched across various platforms in the autumn of 2023.