Join the IHRC’s UN team for the launch of its latest report, looking at the increasing use of citizenship deprivation / stripping measures.
Date: Geneva 27 September 2023
Time: 10am CEST
Venue: Online IHRC TV or YouTube
Watch the event at the end of the page.
Download the report here.
The launch of the IHRC publication ‘The Rise of Citizenship Deprivation: A Global Threat to Human Rights’ will take place on 28 September 2023.
At this event, Ms. Caterina Aiena will present the results of the report on the citizenship-stripping practices by States as a counter-terrorism measure. Her presentation will be followed by comments and responses from invited panellists, and questions and answers from attendees.
“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 toimpact 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.”
~Caterina Aiena
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 event will take place online at IHRC TV and YouTube – please send in your comments and ask questions during the event. For any enquiries and to register your attendance, please email media@ihrc.org
The final agenda and speakers will be made public soon, please check regularly the event page online.
Notes to editors:
[1] The report was published by IHRC in September 2023
[2] 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’
[3] Watch the launch at the Human Rights Council in Geneva below
