Dual Nationality, Conscription and Death Penalty

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2005-04-08

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Center for Immigration Studies: Dual Citizens in America
Citizenship - Global Policy Forum
Citizenship and Political Participation of Migrants in Europe

DUAL NATIONALITY AND MILITARY SERVICE: STRATEGY NUMBER TWO

Report of the Secretary-General on the question of conscientious objection to military service
Conscription and Conscientious Objection Documentation
Conscription and armies in the world 
Anti-Conscription

Amnesty International - The Death Penalty
Comunità di Sant'Egidio: NO to the Death penalty

Dual nationality	Definition	Countries
Yes	Dual nationality is permitted with minimal exceptional prohibition.	59 countries
Yes/No	Dual nationality is normally permitted with considerable exceptional prohibition.	15 countries and Taiwan
No/Yes	Dual nationality is normally prohibited with considerable exceptional permission.	35 countries
No	Dual nationality is prohibited with minimal exceptional permission.	74 countries
?	The situation is unknown.	9 countries and Palestine
Conscription	Definition	Countries
No	There is no conscription.	91 countries and Palestine
No/Yes	Conscription exists but is not enforced.	12 countries
Selective	Selective conscription exists.	11 countries
Yes (Yes)	Conscription exists with civilian or unarmed service, or both.	33 countries and Taiwan
Yes (No)	Conscription exists without alternative service.	45 countries
Death penalty	Definition	Countries and areas
No	There is no death penalty.	84 countries, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Macao, Niue, and Turks and Caicos Islands
No/Yes	Death penalty exists only for exceptional crimes.	10 countries and Cook Islands
Yes/No	Death penalty exists for common crimes without executions in recent years.	24 countries
Yes	Death penalty exists for common crimes.	74 countries, Palestine, and Taiwan

ISO 3166 and countries	Dual nationality	Conscription	Death penalty
AD Andorra	No	No	No
AE the United Arab Emirates	No	No	Yes
AF Afghanistan	No/Yes	Yes (No)	Yes
AG Antigua and Barbuda	Yes	No	Yes
AL Albania	Yes	Yes (No)	No/Yes
AM Armenia	No	Yes (Yes)	No
AO Angola	No	Yes (Yes)	No
AR Argentina	No/Yes	No/Yes	No/Yes
AT Austria	No/Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
AU Australia	Yes	No	No
AZ Azerbaijan	No	Yes (No)	No
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina	No/Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
BB Barbados	Yes	No	Yes
BD Bangladesh	Yes	No	Yes
BE Belgium	No	No	No
BF Burkina Faso	Yes	No	Yes/No
BG Bulgaria	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
BH Bahrain	No	No	Yes
BI Burundi	No	No	Yes
BJ Benin	Yes	Selective	Yes/No
BN Brunei Darussalam	No	No	Yes/No
BO Bolivia	No/Yes	Yes (No)	No/Yes
BR Brazil	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No/Yes
BS the Bahamas	No	No	Yes
BT Bhutan	No	Selective	No
BW Botswana	No	No	Yes
BY Belarus	Yes	Yes (Yes)	Yes
BZ Belize	Yes/No	No	Yes
CA Canada	Yes	No	No
CD the Democratic Republic of the Congo	No	Yes (Yes)	Yes
CF the Central African Republic	Yes	Selective	Yes/No
CG the Republic of the Congo	No	No	Yes/No
CH Switzerland	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
CI Côte d'Ivoire	Yes	Selective	No
CL Chile	No/Yes	Yes (No)	No/Yes
CM Cameroon	No	No	Yes
CN the People's Republic of China	No	Selective	Yes
CO Colombia	Yes	Yes (No)	No
CR Costa Rica	Yes	No	No
CS Serbia and Montenegro	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
CU Cuba	No	Yes (No)	Yes
CV Cape Verde	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
CY Cyprus	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
CZ the Czech Republic	No/Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
DE Germany	No/Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
DJ Djibouti	No	No	No
DK Denmark	No	Yes (Yes)	No
DM Dominica	Yes	No	Yes
DO the Dominican Republic	No/Yes	Yes (No)	No
DZ Algeria	No	Yes (No)	Yes/No
EC Ecuador	No/Yes	Yes (No)	No
EE Estonia	No	Yes (Yes)	No
EG Egypt	Yes/No	Yes (No)	Yes
ER Eritrea	Yes	Yes (No)	Yes
ES Spain	No/Yes	No	No
ET Ethiopia	No	No	Yes
FI Finland	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
FJ Fiji	No/Yes	No	No/Yes
FM the Federated States of Micronesia	No	No	No
FR France	Yes	No	No
GA Gabon	No	No	Yes
GB the United Kingdom	Yes	No	No
GD Grenada	Yes	No	Yes/No
GE Georgia	?	Yes (No)	No
GH Ghana	Yes/No	No	Yes
GM the Gambia	No	No	Yes/No
GN Guinea	No	Yes (No)	Yes
GQ Equatorial Guinea	No	Yes (No)	Yes
GR Greece	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
GT Guatemala	No/Yes	No/Yes	Yes
GW Guinea-Bissau	No	Yes (No)	No
GY Guyana	No	No	Yes
HN Honduras	Yes/No	No/Yes	No
HR Croatia	Yes/No	Yes (Yes)	No
HT Haiti	No/Yes	No	No
HU Hungary	Yes	No	No
ISO 3166 and countries	Dual nationality	Conscription	Death penalty
ID Indonesia	No	Selective	Yes
IE Ireland	Yes	No	No
IL Israel	Yes/No	Yes (No)	No/Yes
IN India	No	No	Yes
IQ Iraq	No	Yes (No)	Yes
IR the Islamic Republic of Iran	No/Yes	Yes (No)	Yes
IS Iceland	No/Yes	No	No
IT Italy	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
JM Jamaica	Yes	No	Yes
JO Jordan	Yes	No/Yes	Yes
JP Japan	No	No	Yes
KE Kenya	No	No	Yes/No
KG Kyrgyzstan	No	Yes (Yes)	Yes
KH Cambodia	Yes/No	No	No
KI Kiribati	No	No	No
KM Comoros	?	No	Yes
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes	No	Yes
KP the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	No/Yes	Yes (No)	Yes
KR the Republic of Korea	No	Yes (No)	Yes
KW Kuwait	No	Yes (No)	Yes
KZ Kazakhstan	No	Yes (No)	Yes
LA the Lao People's Democratic Republic	No	Yes (No)	Yes
LB Lebanon	Yes	Yes (No)	Yes
LC Saint Lucia	Yes	No	Yes
LI Liechtenstein	Yes	No	No
LK Sri Lanka	No/Yes	No	Yes/No
LR Liberia	No	No	Yes
LS Lesotho	No	No	Yes
LT Lithuania	No/Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
LU Luxembourg	No/Yes	No	No
LV Latvia	No/Yes	Yes (Yes)	No/Yes
LY the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	No	Yes (No)	Yes
MA Morocco	Yes/No	Yes (No)	Yes/No
MC Monaco	No	No	No
MD the Republic of Moldova	No/Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
MG Madagascar	No/Yes	Yes (No)	Yes/No
MH the Marshall Islands	No	No	No
MK the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
ML Mali	Yes	Selective	Yes/No
MM Myanmar	No	No	Yes/No
MN Mongolia	Yes/No	Yes (No)	Yes
MR Mauritania	No/Yes	No/Yes	Yes/No
MT Malta	Yes	No	No
MU Mauritius	Yes	No	No
MV Maldives	Yes	No	Yes/No
MW Malawi	No	No	Yes
MX Mexico	Yes/No	No	No
MY Malaysia	No	Selective	Yes
MZ Mozambique	No	Yes (No)	No
NA Namibia	No/Yes	No/Yes	No
NE Niger	No	Selective	Yes/No
NG Nigeria	Yes/No	No	Yes
NI Nicaragua	No/Yes	No	No
NL the Netherlands	No/Yes	No/Yes	No
NO Norway	No/Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
NP Nepal	No	No	No
NR Nauru	No	No	Yes/No
NZ New Zealand	Yes	No	No
OM Oman	No	No	Yes
PA Panama	No/Yes	No	No
PE Peru	Yes	Yes (No)	No/Yes
PG Papua New Guinea	No	No	Yes/No
PH the Philippines	Yes	Yes (No)	Yes
PK Pakistan	Yes	No	Yes
PL Poland	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
PS Palestine	?	No	Yes
PT Portugal	Yes	No	No
PW Palau	No	No	No
PY Paraguay	Yes/No	Yes (No)	No
ISO 3166 and countries	Dual nationality	Conscription	Death penalty
QA Qatar	No	No	Yes
RO Romania	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
RU the Russian Federation	Yes	Yes (Yes)	Yes/No
RW Rwanda	No	No	Yes
SA Saudi Arabia	No	No	Yes
SB the Solomon Islands	No	No	No
SC Seychelles	No/Yes	No	No
SD Sudan	No	Yes (No)	Yes
SE Sweden	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
SG Singapore	No	Yes (No)	Yes
SI Slovenia	No/Yes	No	No
SK Slovakia	Yes	Yes (Yes)	No
SL Sierra Leone	No	No	Yes
SM San Marino	?	No	No
SN Senegal	Yes	Selective	No
SO Somalia	?	No/Yes	Yes
SR Suriname	?	No	Yes/No
ST Sao Tome and Principe	No	Yes (No)	No
SV El Salvador	Yes	No/Yes	No/Yes
SY the Syrian Arab Republic	Yes	Yes (No)	Yes
SZ Swaziland	No	No	Yes
TD Chad	?	No/Yes	Yes
TG Togo	Yes	Selective	Yes/No
TH Thailand	No/Yes	No	Yes
TJ Tajikistan	?	Yes (No)	Yes
TL Timor-Leste	?	No	No
TM Turkmenistan	No	Yes (No)	No
TN Tunisia	Yes	Yes (No)	Yes/No
TO Tonga	No/Yes	No	Yes/No
TR Turkey	Yes	Yes (No)	No
TT Trinidad and Tobago	Yes/No	No	Yes
TV Tuvalu	Yes	No	No
TW Taiwan (the Republic of China)	Yes/No	Yes (Yes)	Yes
TZ the United Republic of Tanzania	No	Yes (No)	Yes
UA Ukraine	No	Yes (Yes)	No
UG Uganda	No	No	Yes
US the United States	Yes	No/Yes	Yes
UY Uruguay	Yes/No	No	No
UZ Uzbekistan	No	Yes (Yes)	Yes
VA the Holy See (the Vatican City State)	?	No	No
VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes	No	Yes
VE Venezuela	No	Yes (No)	No
VN Viet Nam	No/Yes	Yes (No)	Yes
VU Vanuatu	No	No	No
WS Samoa	No/Yes	No	No
YE Yemen	No	Yes (No)	Yes
ZA South Africa	Yes/No	No	No
ZM Zambia	No	No	Yes
ZW Zimbabwe	No	No/Yes	Yes