The Normative Impact of International Human Rights on the Revision of Citizenship Rights in the Legislative Sphere of States; A Case Study of the Citizenship Debate

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PhD., Department of Philosophy of Law, Bagher al -Ulom University, Qom, Iran

Abstract

The aim of the current study is to examine the impact of human rights on citizenship rights. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the results indicate that human rights are in the position of a mandatory rule/ regulations and a governing principle on citizenship rights. The human rights’ dominance over the foundations of citizenship rights, which has taken place with the transformation in the theoretical foundations of citizenship, sometimes leads to the revision of the constitutions of states, and sometimes calls for a narrow or broad interpretation of the aforementioned laws. Therefore, it can be claimed
that human rights do not affect the rule of citizenship rights solely in the field of legal interpretation and can even lead to the reproduction of a new rule or the annulment of the current rules of citizenship rights in different state-countries. What justifies the legal phenomenon is the attention paid to the approach of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the provision of a new definition of nationality and citizenship, as well as
the identification of the rule of customary international law based on the requirements
of human rights. The fruit of the Court of Justice’s proceedings and actions and the redefinition of the concept of nationality and citizenship had a wide reflection in the legal case of Iran and the United States. Accordingly, the traditional definition of citizenship rights and related concepts such as citizenship have changed and the need to provide a new interpretation is felt. A new interpretation of citizenship rights, taking into account the values of human rights, will require a change in the attitude of the legal principles governing the traditional view of the category of citizenship.

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  • Receive Date: 20 December 2024
  • Revise Date: 23 January 2025
  • Accept Date: 18 January 2025

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