Green Book (Tibetan document)

For other uses, see Green Book (disambiguation).

The Green Book is a document issued since 1972 by the Central Tibetan Administration (commonly known as the Tibetan Government in Exile) to Tibetans living outside Tibet, and described by the issuing organization as "the most official document issued by the Tibetan Government in Exile."[1] More than 90 percent of Tibetan exiles own one.[2] It serves as a receipt book for the person's "voluntary taxes" to the CTA, and has been described by a CTA official as "the passport of the exiled Tibetans to claim their rights from the Tibetan Government in Exile".[3] The CTA says that in the future, the document "will become the basis for claiming Tibetan citizenship".[1]

The document is valid for five years.

  1. ^ a b [Gyalthon Manyul - Green Book] (The Government of Tibet in Exile).
  2. ^ Fiona McConnell, Rehearsing the State: The Political Practices of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, p. 138
  3. ^ Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa (28 April 2006). China: The 'Green Book' issued to Tibetans; how it is obtained and maintained, and whether holders enjoy rights equivalent to Indian citizenship (April 2006) (Report). CHN101133.E.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)