International Journal of Human Rights
Volume 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 298-320

Constitutional protections in an era of increased migration: evidence from 193 countries (Article)

Cassola A.* , Raub A. , Heymann J.
  • a UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • b UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • c UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

This article examines how 193 constitutions address foreign citizens' and stateless persons' rights. As of May 2014, 24% of constitutions protected foreign citizens from discrimination; 17% guaranteed equal educational access, 15% granted equal employment and health rights and 12% guaranteed all of the civil rights we examined to foreign citizens. Stateless persons' rights were less commonly protected. Guarantees of non-citizens' rights peaked among constitutions adopted during the 1990s. Constitutional protections of non-citizens were most common in Europe and Central Asia and absent in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. Several constitutions also restricted or denied non-citizens’ rights. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Constitutional rights Migration foreign citizens Migrants' rights Stateless persons

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84960376228&doi=10.1080%2f13642987.2015.1073717&partnerID=40&md5=71a806e216e3e9e172bae3d51cd5cfe2
DOI: 10.1080/13642987.2015.1073717
ISSN: 13642987
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English