nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/6bfdc25cd72c85a0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250512s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/6bfdc25cd72c85a0 doi eng 342 23 Dresen, Santiago Author aut The Nationality Lottery - Why Deprivation of Nationality Does Not Constitute Direct Discrimination on the Basis of Ethnic Origin Dresen, Santiago Verfassungsblog 2025-05-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 24 March 2025, the Amsterdam District Court issued a consequential judgement on deprivation of nationality after a terrorist conviction. The ruling stated that the Dutch government could not revoke the nationality of a person convicted of terrorism-related crimes, declaring it a violation of the prohibition of discrimination based on ethnic origin. The judgement marks a departure from previous case law established by the Council of State – the highest administrative court in the Netherlands – as it reconceptualizes the issue of deprivation of nationality as one of direct discrimination based on ethnic origin. However, it fails to provide a clear explanation for its reasoning and seems to conflate nationality with ethnicity. CC BY-SA 4.0 Citizenship Deprivation of Citizenship Discrimination Ethnic Discrimination Nationality Netherlands Niederlande Racial Discrimination Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht (DE-588)4042203-3 gnd Niederlande (DE-588)4077775-3 gnd Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/revocation-nationality-netherlands/ raw object