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22 Opole Stud. Admin. & L. 131 (2024)
Legge sulla Cittadinanza, la Residenza e l'Accesso N. CXXXI - The Legislative Reorganisation of the Citizenship of the Vatican City State

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                                                  accepted 2024-03-22
                                             published online 2024-07-17 ESIN ADMINIS1




                Legge sulla cittadinanza, la residenza

     e  l'accesso   N.   CXXXI - the legislative reorganisation
            of  the   citizenship of the Vatican City State

     Legge   sulla  cittadinanza,   la  residenza   e l'accesso   N. CXXXI -
   reorganizacja legislacyjna obywatelstwa miasta-panstwa Watykan


                                  FILIP  WITOLA
                   ORCID:  0009-0003-4389-1958, wit.fil99@gmail.com


Citation: Witola, Filip. 2023. Legge sulla cittadinanza, la residenza e l'accesso N. CXXXI -
the legislative reorganisation of the citizenship of the Vatican City State. Opolskie Studia
Administracyjno-Prawne 22(1): 131-143. DOI:  10.25167/osap.5354



Abstract: The citizenship of the Vatican City State is characterised by individual features
relating above all to the manner in which it is conferred and its forfeiture. The introduction
of the legal category of Vatican nationality has its origins in the Lateran Treaty, but it was
in 1929 when  Pope  Pius XI promulgated  the law Legge sulla cittadinanza ed il soggiorno
N. III concretising this institution which has lived to see its own reorganisation over time.
Based on  an analysis of Vatican legislation, it is possible to conclude that the present Vati-
can legislation is largely updated to current needs without losing its unique characteristics.
The main  intention was to present whether and how Legge sulla cittadinanza, la residenza
e l'accesso N.CXXXI changes Vatican citizenship and what differences can be found in the
newly created law. This process was based on a comparative method of legal acts, an analy-
sis of the literature, as well as observation of interrelationships and dependencies. On the
basis of this exercise, it was determined that the 2011 law remains within the original legal
framework,  but that its amendment is of a practical nature, intended to give individuals
freedom of action and not to lead them to the appearance of possible negative consequences
associated with the loss of citizenship.

Keywords:  Vatican citizenship, Vatican City State, The Holly See

Abstrakt: Obywatelstwo miasta-panstwa Watykan  charakteryzuje sie indywidualnymi cecha-
mi odnoszecymi  sie przede wszystkim do sposobu  nadawania i jego utraty. Wprowadzenie
kategorii prawnej obywatelstwa watykanskiego  sw6j poczqtek bierze w  traktacie lateran-

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