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| Enacted by | Government of Uganda |
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Ugandan nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Uganda, as amended; the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory.[1][2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Uganda.[3][4] The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship. Nationality describes the relationship of an individual to the state under international law, whereas citizenship is the domestic relationship of an individual within the nation.[5][6] Commonwealth countries often use the terms nationality and citizenship as synonyms, despite their legal distinction and the fact that they are regulated by different governmental administrative bodies.[5][7] Ugandan nationality is typically obtained under the principal of jus sanguinis, i.e. by birth to parents with Ugandan nationality.[8][4] It can be granted to persons with an affiliation to the country, or to a permanent resident who has lived in the country for a given period of time through naturalisation or registration.[9][4]
- ^ Manby 2016, pp. 32–34, 37, 136.
- ^ Zakaryan 2019, p. 7.
- ^ Manby 2016, pp. 6–7.
- ^ a b c Zakaryan 2019, p. 6.
- ^ a b Fransman 2011, p. 4.
- ^ Rosas 1994, p. 34.
- ^ Zakaryan 2019, p. 4.
- ^ Manby 2016, pp. 51, 55.
- ^ Manby 2016, p. 92.