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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Option of Nationality

Yaël Ronen

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
June 2019

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 10 December 2024

Subject(s):
Diplomacy and consular relations — Secession — Act of state — Jurisdiction of states, nationality principle

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 Option of nationality or right of option is a term ordinarily used in the context of State succession (State Succession in Other Matters than Treaties). It denotes the right of an individual unilaterally to acquire or retain a nationality, excluding him or herself from the operation of an ex lege determination of nationality. Option of nationality has also been used to regulate situations of multiple nationality. 2 The notion of an option of nationality developed against State practice providing for the automatic change of nationality of inhabitants in a ceded...
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