#legal-policy

#legal-policy

With the growing number of armed conflicts and incidence of terrorism worldwide, many countries have introduced provisions for withdrawing the citizenship of a person on the basis of national security grounds. Over a third of countries, including many European ones, can now strip a person of their citizenship when their actions are seen as disloyal or threatening to state security, the report says, and the trend has been expanding.

Some of the largest companies have invested substantial resources to change the rules of the game that govern bargaining over IP assets, jeopardizing innovation and society.