Abstract
Philosophers like Hannah Arendt through personal experiences equated the right to citizenship or political membership of a particular polity i.e. the state synonymous to that of having the key right to obtain all the other rights within that particular polity. However, philosophers, political scientists and international jurists are increasingly of the view that a state no longer can arbitrarily deprive a person of his or her rights to have citizenship by virtue of the recent philosophical and political understandings, and as such creation of a compelling customary international law regime. This article examines these views in light of the leading literatures and finds that though there exists an international law regime in this context, it is not effective enough. This study also tries to explore some possible areas to make developments in this regard by the international community, such as recognizing deprivation of nationality as a crime against humanity.
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