ECOWAS Protocol A/P.3/5/82 Relating to the Definition of Community Citizen

Published: 29/May/1982
Source: ECOWAS

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES

MINDFUL of Article 5 of the Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States establishing the Authority of Heads of State and Government its composition and functions;

RECALLING that Paragraph 1 of Article 27 of the Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States as amended stipulates that Community citizens are citizens of Member States that satisfy the conditions to be defined in a Protocol establishing a code of citizenship for the Community;

CONSIDERING that Member States would still exercise the sovereign right in conferring their citizenship on any person;

CONSIDERING that the requirements for the acquisition, the loss, the forfeiture, the withdrawal and the reintegration within the Community are not necessarily the same in all Member States;

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

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Themes: Acquisition of nationality, Sub-regional Standards, Loss and Deprivation of Nationality
Regions: West Africa
Year: 1982