{"id":1762,"date":"2021-11-03T22:33:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T22:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/togo_ordinance_no_78_34_of_7_september_1978_establishing_the_code_of_togolese_nationality\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:14:21","slug":"togo_ordinance_no_78_34_of_7_september_1978_establishing_the_code_of_togolese_nationality","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/resource\/uncategorised\/togo_ordinance_no_78_34_of_7_september_1978_establishing_the_code_of_togolese_nationality\/","title":{"rendered":"Togo &#8211; Ordinance No. 78-34 of 7 September 1978 establishing the Code of Togolese Nationality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#00754C\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">3rd \u0646\u0648\u0641\u0645\u0628\u0631 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Togo &#8211; Ordinance No. 78-34 of 7 September 1978 establishing the Code of Togolese Nationality<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">4 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Togo<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li><strong>Law status:\u00a0<\/strong>Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<li><strong>Law Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Citizenship<\/li>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles 5, 12 and 23 of Ordinance No. 78-34 of 7 September of the Togolese Nationality Code do not allow a Togolese woman to transfer her nationality to her foreign spouse on an equal basis with Togolese men and remove Togolese nationality from a naturalized Togolese woman if she is divorced from her Togolese husband.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote {\"align\":\"left\"} --><\/p>\n<p>Article 5.\u00a0<em>. . . a\u00a0<strong>foreign woman who marries a Togolese man acquires the Togolese nationality<\/strong>\u00a0at the time of the marriage.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Article 12.\u00a0<em>. . . a\u00a0<strong>foreigner<\/strong>\u00a0. . .<strong>\u00a0married to a Togolese woman<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>[can be naturalized under Article 10\u00a0<strong>by decree following an investigation<\/strong>]<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 23.\u00a0<strong><em>Loses Togolese nationality<\/em><\/strong><em>: . . . 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