Question

forigners do not have political rights?​

Answer 1

Answer:

According to Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, “a citizen is a member of a state to whom he or she owes allegiance and is entitled to its protection.” Hence, from this definition, it is implicit that a non-citizen is someone who is not a member of a state nor owes allegiance to the state he or she currently resides.

A better definition is provided by Article 1 of the UN Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live (1985). A non-citizen is defined as

“any individual who is not a national of a State in which he or she is present.”

There are certain inalienable rights (outlined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights of 1948) to which all humans, regardless of citizenship or nationality, are entitled in principal. These rights, established by the Declaration of Non-Nationals (1985), comprise the basis for this study guide.