Eric Fripp
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Eric Fripp - Barrister, 36 Public & Human Rights, part of the 36 Group, Gray’s Inn, London and Senior Visiting Fellow, Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London. General Editor, The Law and Practice of Expulsion and Exclusion from the United Kingdom (Hart, 2014), author, Nationality and Statelessness in the International Law of Refugee Status (Hart, 2017).
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EU Court of Justice finds Malta ‘golden passports’ scheme incompatible with EU law
May 9, 2025
Eric Fripp
In an interesting and important decision of the Court of Justice of the EU, sitting as a Grand Chamber in Commission v Malta (Citizenship by Investment) [2024] EUECJ C-181/23, the Court has found that Malta’s 2020 ‘investor citizenship’ scheme is incompatible with EU law, in particular with the principle of sincere cooperation enshrined in article 4(3)…
‘Passportisation’: ECtHR finds imposition of Russian citizenship in Crimea a breach of article 8 ECHR
February 4, 2025
Eric Fripp
A. Introduction The term ‘passportisation’ refers to the practice of extending nationality to substantial numbers of individuals beyond the boundary of the state, including by forcible imposition of nationality. At an international level, two effects – each potentially an aim of value to the state extending its nationality – are the erosion of the territorial sovereignty…
Maltese ‘golden passports’: Advocate General rejects European Commission claim of ‘genuine link’ requirement for naturalisation
November 8, 2024
Eric Fripp
On 21 March 2023, the European Commission brought infringement proceedings against Malta in the Court of Justice of the European Union for its continued refusal to end a perceived ‘golden passport’ investor citizenship scheme whereby Maltese citizenship, and hence citizenship of the EU, could be created by naturalisation. It asserted that Maltese naturalisation in those circumstances is…
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Maltese ‘golden passports’: Advocate General rejects European Commission claim of ‘genuine link’ requirement for naturalisation
November 8, 2024
Eric Fripp
On 21 March 2023, the European Commission brought infringement proceedings against Malta in the Court of Justice of the European Union for its continued refusal to end a perceived ‘golden passport’ investor citizenship scheme whereby Maltese citizenship, and hence citizenship of the EU, could be created by naturalisation. It asserted that Maltese naturalisation in those circumstances is…
‘Passportisation’: ECtHR finds imposition of Russian citizenship in Crimea a breach of article 8 ECHR
February 4, 2025
Eric Fripp
A. Introduction The term ‘passportisation’ refers to the practice of extending nationality to substantial numbers of individuals beyond the boundary of the state, including by forcible imposition of nationality. At an international level, two effects – each potentially an aim of value to the state extending its nationality – are the erosion of the territorial sovereignty…
Passportisation: Risks for International Law and Stability – Response to Anne Peters
May 30, 2019
Eric Fripp
Introduction Anne Peters’ EJIL Talk! blog post Passportization: Risks for International Law and Stability regarding actions of the Russian Federation as regards applications for Russian nationality for persons living in certain parts of Ukraine (see here and here) raises important and interesting questions. With respect I believe that (i) the post overstates the assistance available…