Costica Dumbrava led international debate on the future of ius sanguinis
Costica Dumbrava led the European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship (EUDO) forum debate on the future of descent-based citizenship. Dumbrava’s kick-off contribution provoked 14 elaborate responses from political philosophers, lawyers and political scientists from around the world.
Dumbrava’s rejoinder to the debate has just been published. In his final reflection, Dumbrava considers all contributions to the debate and concludes that “it is beyond dispute that any attempt to dislodge a deeply rooted and widespread institution such as ius sanguinis is bound to pose serious practical challenges. However, if one has compelling moral reasons for dismantling such an institution, one ought to work towards this end.”
You can read all contributions to the forum on the EUDO Citizenship website:
- Bloodlines and Belonging: Time to Abandon Ius Sanguinis?, by Costica Dumbrava
- Ius filiationis: a defence of citizenship by descent, by Rainer Bauböck
- Tainted law? Why history cannot provide the justification for abandoning ius sanguinis, by Jannis Panagiotidis
- Family matters: Modernise, don’t abandon, jus sanguinis, by Scott Titshaw
- Abolishing ius sanguinis citizenship: A proposal too restrained and too radical, by Kristin Collins
- Citizenship without magic, by Lois Harder
- The Janus-face of ius sanguinis: protecting migrant children and expanding ethnic nations, by Francesca Decimo
- The prior question: What do we need state citizenship for?, by David Owen
- No more blood, by Kerry Abrams
- Law by blood or blood by law?, by David de Groot
- Limiting the transmission of family advantage: ius sanguinis with an expiration date, by Iseult Honohan
- Retain ius sanguinis, but don’t take it literally!, by Eva Ersbøll
- Distributing some, but not all, rights of citizenship according to ius sanguinis, by Ana Tanasoca
- Learning from naturalisation debates: the right to an appropriate citizenship at birth, by Katja Swider and Caia Vlieks
- Don’t put the baby in the dirty bathwater! A Rejoinder, by Costica Dumbrava