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5. Citizenship and Bill of Rights

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Citizenship
Citizenship is one’s membership of a country which a person gets because they were born in that country or their parents were born in that country, lived in that country or were registered in that country


a) How should citizenship be acquired?
b) Should dual/multiple citizenship be allowed?
c) What are the rights and obligations of citizens and non-citizens?
d) Should foreign spouses of citizens be entitled to Zimbabwean citizenship?


Bill of Rights
A Bill of Rights sets out the rights and freedoms which all people in Zimbabwe are entitled to.

a) What rights and freedoms should be contained and guaranteed in
the constitution?
b) Should the bill of rights be amendable? If so how should it be
amended?
c) What are the remedies that can be made available to a citizen who
is aggrieved by the violation of their rights?
d) Should the Bill of rights contain separate and specific human
rights and freedoms that relate to women in order to eliminate all
forms of discrimination against women?
e) Should it be permissible to suspend or limit rights during a state of
emergency?
f) Should the death penalty be retained?
g) Should there be derogation from this Bill of Rights to redress historical imbalances for purposes of empowerment?
h) Should the Bill of Rights apply to State as well as non State actors?
i) Should a woman be allowed to marry another woman and a man to marry another man?
j) What are the rights of children that should be protected in the constitution?