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Title	Italy: Information on whether an individual born of an Italian father and a non-Italian mother is entitled to Italian citizenship
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Italy
Publication Date	1 September 1995
Citation / Document Symbol	ITA21572.E
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Italy: Information on whether an individual born of an Italian father and a non-Italian mother is entitled to Italian citizenship, 1 September 1995, ITA21572.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6ab1020.html [accessed 27 May 2012]
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Italy: Information on whether an individual born of an Italian father and a non-Italian mother is entitled to Italian citizenship

For information on the above-mentioned topic, please consult article 1.1 (a) of an unofficial translation of Act No. 91 of 5 February 1992 on Italian citizenship, which came into force on 15 August 1992 (UNHCR/REFLEG). This translation is attached to Response to information Request ITA20073.E of 10 March 1995 which is available at your Regional Documentation Centre.

The attached extract of the Council of Europe's European Bulletin on Nationality states that "Italian citizenship is based on the criterion of 'jus sanguinis'. The child of an Italian father or mother is Italian" (Jan. 1995, 73).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Reference

Council of Europe. January 1995. "Italy," European Bulletin on Nationality. Strasbourg : Council of Europe.

Attachment

Council of Europe. January 1995. European Bulletin on Nationality. Strasbourg : Council of Europe, pp. i-iv, 1-2, 73-76.

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