The International Law Foundations of Palestinian Nationality

Mutaz M. Qafisheh, a Palestinian-French lawyer, holds a Ph.D. degree (2007) in international law, with distinction, from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. He teaches at the Faculty of Law, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, and manages an international program to enhance legal education of Palestinian law schools. Until recently (2001–2008) he worked as a Human Rights Officer at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Ramallah, Geneva and Beirut. He was previously employed as Director of a project on Palestinian Security Sector Reform, as a Legal Advisor for the Palestinian Parliament and as a Legal Researcher at Birzeit University, Palestine. His academic specialization includes human rights, refugee law, humanitarian law, private international law, Palestinian and Middle East law.

Preface
Foreword
I Introduction
II Nationality in Palestine under the Ottoman Empire
III Palestinian nationality in transition, 1917–1925
IV Palestinian Citizenship Order 1925
V Natural Palestinian citizens
VI Naturalization
VII Expatriation: loss of nationality
VIII External aspects of Palestinian nationality
IX Admission of foreigners into Palestine
X Applicability of international nationality instruments to Palestine
XI Palestinian nationality in the Partition Plan
XII Conclusion
Bibliography
Index