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Cameroonian nationality law
| Cameroonian Nationality Code | |
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| Parliament of Cameroon | |
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| Enacted by | Government of Cameroon |
| Status: Current legislation | |
Cameroonian nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Cameroon, as amended; the Nationality Code of Cameroon (French: Code de la nationalité camerounaise), and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory. These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Cameroon.[1][2] 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.[3][4] Cameroonian nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus sanguinis, i.e. by birth in Cameroon or abroad to parents with Cameroonian nationality.[5] 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 naturalization.[6]
- ^ Manby 2010, p. 46.
- ^ Sembe 2021, p. 1.
- ^ Fransman 2011, p. 4.
- ^ Rosas 1994, p. 34.
- ^ Manby 2010, p. 38.
- ^ Manby 2010, p. 68.
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