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CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Page
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................
1 - 12
4
A.
Country visits ......................................................................
2-3
4
B.
Activities .............................................................................
4 - 12
4
MINORITIES AND THE DISCRIMINATORY DENIAL
OR DEPRIVATION OF CITIZENSHIP .....................................
13 - 19
6
III.
HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT ...........................
20 - 27
7
IV.
INTERNATIONAL LAW CONSIDERATIONS ........................
28 - 43
9
A.
Right to a nationality ..........................................................
30 - 34
9
B.
Centrality of non-discrimination ........................................
35 - 37
11
C.
Citizenship and the enjoyment of human rights
and fundamental freedoms .................................................
38 - 40
13
Citizenship and the enjoyment of minority rights ..............
41 - 43
14
V. IMPACT OF DISCRIMINATORY DENIAL OR
DEPRIVATION OF CITIZENSHIP ON MINORITIES .............
44 - 48
15
REGIONAL PRACTICES ...........................................................
49 - 70
16
A.
Africa ..................................................................................
50 - 55
16
B.
Asia .....................................................................................
56 - 64
18
C.
Europe .................................................................................
65 - 68
20
D.
Latin America and the Caribbean .......................................
69 - 70
21
ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ................................................
71 - 76
21
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................
77 - 90
23
I.
II.
D.
VI.
VII.
VIII.