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The Citizenship Act Amendment Act

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

Introduced

11 April 2022

Last action

19 July 2022 · Accepted

Status

AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

Sponsors

Toomas Kivimägi, Vabariigi Valitsus

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19 July 2022

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Summary

The draft gives the government the right to take away citizenship from a person who has obtained Estonian citizenship through naturalization, if he joins the state or military service of a foreign country or a military organization. Citizenship is revoked if such service involves a threat to public order or national security. In the context of the war in Ukraine, this means, for example, taking away citizenship from persons who go to war on the Russian side. The government gets the right not to take away Estonian citizenship if a person's service abroad does not threaten the security of Estonia, for example, if a person goes to war on the Ukrainian side to protect the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of the Ukrainian state. At the same time, the Estonian state does not recommend that Estonian citizens go to war for any foreign country, as the state cannot guarantee the protection of Estonian citizens in the area of ​​military conflicts. The government can to take away Estonian citizenship from a person who has obtained Estonian citizenship through naturalization, even if the person has been convicted of crimes against humanity or crimes of aggression. The bill is related to the bill on the amendment of the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Misdemeanor Procedure (576 SE) pending in the Riigikogu, i.e. the bill concerning punishments for supporting aggression and related hostilities.

Machine translation from Estonian. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

  1. 11 April 2022

    AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

    Source: SE

  2. 19 July 2022

    Accepted

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