Determining a person's citizenship around the world can be a complicated subject. Primarily, citizenship is based on two principles: jus soli (Latin for right of soil) and jus sanguinis (Latin for ...

Also known as "jus soli", it's a policy whereby any child born within a country automatically becomes a citizen of that nation. More than 30 other countries recognize birthright citizenship.

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Several countries grant near unconditional jus soli, such as Brazil, which grants birthright citizenship to anyone born in the country, “even if of foreign parents, provided that they are not at ...

The legal term for birthright citizenship is jus soli, or “by right of soil”—in contrast to jus sanguinis, ... Then, in 2013, the country’s Constitutional Court, ...

The U.S. wouldn’t be the first country to revoke jus soli, or the “right to the soil,” as birthright citizenship is commonly known. France did away with birthright citizenship in 1993, ...

Some countries do have a form of jus soli, but it comes with conditions, most often that the parents must have lived in the country for a certain amount of time before the child is born.

Several countries grant near unconditional jus soli, such as Brazil, which grants birthright citizenship to anyone born in the country, "even if of foreign parents, provided that they are not at ...