Commissioner’s visit report (excerpts on citizenship & participation), 2004
[..] I THE PROTECTION OF MINORITIES [..] Citizenship 8. The legislative process following the independence in 1991 was largely guided by the principle of restoration, which meant, inter alia, that automatic acquisition of Estonian citizenship required a connection to the pre-Soviet era Estonia. Consequently, hundreds of thousands of persons who had settled in Estonia during … Continue reading "Commissioner’s visit report (excerpts on citizenship & participation), 2004"