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Revoking Citizenship In The Name Of Counterterrorism: The Citizenship Review Commission Violates Human Rights In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Stephanie Zosak
Revoking Citizenship In The Name Of Counterterrorism: The Citizenship Review Commission Violates Human Rights In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Stephanie Zosak
Northwestern Journal of Human Rights
In 2005, the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed a series of amendments to its citizenship law. The amendments affected the mandate of the Citizenship Review Commission (CRC), which was a body originally established to review naturalizations. Since the amendments took effect, and in response to international pressure to combat terrorism, the CRC has concentrated on reviewing the citizenship status of former who entered Bosnia and Herzegovina to fight alongside the Muslim Bosniaks in the 1992-1995 war that followed the country's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia. The CRC has revoked the citizenship of hundreds of former and has commenced deportation …