The principles of the dependent and independent nationality of spouses: advantages and disadvantages

• Hashemi-Nasab Zavareh, Seyyed Mohsen ^[1] ; Ghaffarian, Elham ^[2] ; Ghamkhar, Naser ^[3]
  1. [1] University of Tehran

     University of Tehran

     Irán

     
  2. [2] Islamic Azad University, Tabriz (Iran)
  3. [3] University of Allameh Tabataba’i, Tehran (Iran)

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• Localización: Ius Humani: Revista de Derecho, ISSN-e 1390-7794, ISSN 1390-440X, Nº. 7, 2018, págs. 105-121
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.31207/ih.v7i0.187
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Los principios de la nacionalidad dependiente e independiente de los cónyuges: ventajas y desventajas
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  • español

    En materia matrimonial, muchos países han defendido la independencia de la política de nacionalidad, es decir, aceptan los efectos neutros del matrimonio en la nacionalidad. No vemos el sentido que puede tener otorgar la nacionalidad a una mujer extranjera que se ha casado con un hombre nacional pero vive en el extranjero. La proporción de países a favor de la nacionalidad dependiente, frente a los que están a favor de la nacionalidad independiente, es de uno a tres. Por lo tanto, solo pocos países siguen aplicando una política de forzar la nacionalidad de los maridos sobre las mujeres extranjeras de manera incondicional. La pregunta principal en este documento es: ¿Debería imponerse la nacionalidad de un cónyuge a otro, convirtiéndolos a ambos en ciudadanos de un Estado? Después de una introducción (capítulo Ⅰ), analizamos la teoría de la unidad de la nacionalidad y la teoría de la nacionalidad independiente (capítulo Ⅱ). En el capítulo Ⅲ vemos documentos internacionales sobre las teorías de la nacionalidad dependiente e independiente. Finalmente, nos ocupamos de la situación actual del mundo respecto a las leyes de nacionalidad y para luego hacer algunas conclusiones; la principal es que algunos enfoques normativos parecen discriminar entre mujeres nacionales y extranjeras.

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    On marriage issues, many countries have espoused the independence of nationality policy, that is, they accept neutral effects of marriage on nationality. We don’t see the point of bestowing nationality on an alien woman who has married a national man but lives abroad. The ratio of countries in favor of dependent nationality to those in favor of independent nationality is one to three. So, there are only a few countries left still pursuing a policy of forcing husbands’ nationality upon alien women on an unconditional basis. The main question in this paper is: Should the nationality of one spouse be imposed on the other one, making them both subjects of one State? After an introduction (chapter Ⅰ), we analyze the theory of the unity of nationality and the theory of independent nationality (chapter Ⅱ). In chapter Ⅲ we see international documents on the theories of dependent and independent nationality. Finally, we take care of the present situation of the world in respect to nationality laws and then we resume some conclusions; the main one is that some political approaches seems to discriminates between national and foreign women.

     

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