Prerequisites for the Emergence of Dual and Multiple Citizenship in Modern International Law

Abstract

A wide range of phenomena that today are integral attributes of interstate communication generates dual and multiple citizenship. Often, bi- and polypatrism arises due to objective reasons, in the absence of the individual’s intentions, and sometimes even without his knowledge. This, of course, does not exclude the interest of the person and his purposeful actions to obtain the status of bi- or polypatride, which in certain cases may mean additional rights for the individual. The paper analyzes the reasons for the emergence of dual and multiple citizenship, the conditions due to which the existence of such reasons is possible today, as well as the impact of the international community on certain prerequisites by domestic and international mechanisms, both institutional and contractual. The author concludes that dual and multiple citizenship are generated by different reasons, which once again confirms the thesis about the different content of these phenomena.