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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. [4] [5] Samoan nationality is typically obtained either on the principle of jus soli (by birth in Samoa) or under the rules of jus sanguinis (by ...
The Constitution of Samoa is a written constitution which is the supreme law in Samoa. It establishes Samoa as a parliamentary republic with a Westminster system and responsible government . It outlines the structure and powers of the Samoan government's three parts: the executive , legislature , and judiciary .
The Citizenship (Western Samoa) (Restoration) Amendment Act 2024 proposes restoring citizenship eligibility to a group of older Samoans born between 1924 and 1949 when Samoa was still a New Zealand League of Nations mandate territory. [5] [4] The Act grants New Zealand citizenship to: Persons who were born in Samoa between 13 May 1924 and 1 ...
Message in the passport of an American Samoan, stating that the passport holder is a "national", but not a citizen, of the United StatesAmerican Samoa is a territory of the United States with a population of about 44,000 people, [1] but the people of American Samoa do not have birthright citizenship in the United States (unless at least one of their parents was a U.S. citizen at the time of ...
The Land and Titles Bill is one of three bills passed by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa to reform the legal framework around the Land and Titles Court of Samoa and Samoan customary law. The bills are viewed by some as undermining human rights [ 1 ] and the rule of law , [ 2 ] and are the subject of significant controversy in Samoa .
The Legislative Assembly (Samoan: Fono Aoao Faitulafono a Samoa), also known as the Parliament of Samoa (Samoan: Palemene o Samoa), is the national legislature of Samoa, seated at Apia, where the country's central administration is situated. Samoan Parliament is composed of two parts: the O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) and the Legislative ...
On 9 July Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland called for Samoa's leaders to uphold the rule of law and adhere to the values of the Commonwealth charter. [118] On 10 July Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna reminded Samoa of the values of the Biketawa Declaration, and said that recent court decisions offered a way ...
Samoan nationality law; T. Tamaʻāiga This page was last edited on 12 May 2022, at 23:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...