UNHCR, APRIL 2023 REFUGEES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION Tables on comparative nationality laws DRC: Loi No. 04-024 du 12 novembre 2004 relative à la nationalité congolaise (as incorporated into Loi n° 87-010 du 1er aout 1987 portant Code de la famille, modifié 2016) Rwanda: Organic Law N° 002/2021.OL of 16/07/2021 governing Rwandan nationality Uganda: Constitution of Uganda 1995, as amended 2005; Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act, Act 3 of 1999, as amended 2009 Table 1: Right to nationality based on birth in the territory Birth in country COUNTRY Birth and one parent also born DRC~ Rwanda Uganda Birth and resident at majority Child otherwise stateless (os) Parents stateless (s) or unknown (u) (JS) os s+ u (JS) (os) (s + u) Abandoned infants Relevant legal provision (most recent amendment in brackets) L2004Arts8&9 (x) x JS~ L2021 Arts9,10, 19 C1995(2005) Arts10-11 L1999(2009) Secs12-14 JS jus soli attribution: a child born in the country is a citizen (with exclusions for children of diplomats and some other categories). () an application is required JS/2 double jus soli attribution: child born in country of one parent also born in the country is a citizen. ^ A person born in or outside of South Sudan is South Sudanese if any parent, grandparent or great -grandparent was born in South Sudan. ~ racial, ethnic or religious discrimination in law impacts on jus soli rights (in Uganda, the jus soli provision applies only to those who are members of an “indigenous community”). Table 2: Right to nationality based on descent COUNTRY BORN IN COUNTRY In wedlock + Father (F) &/or Mother (M) is a national BORN ABROAD Out of wedlock + Father (F) &/or Mother (M) is a national In wedlock + Father (F) &/or Mother (M) is a national Legal Provision Date Gender equality achieved C2005Art10 L2004Arts4,6,7 L2021Art6 1981 C1995(2005) Art10 L1999(2009) Sec12 1967 Out of wedlock + Father (F) &/or Mother (M) is a national DRC~ R R R R R R R R Rwanda C C C C C C C C Uganda ~ R^ R^ R^ R^ R^ R^ R^ R^ 2004 n/a not available . R child is citizen from birth as of right. C can claim citizenship following an administrative process (including compulsory birth registration, establishing parentage, o r registration with consular authorities). Rx1 child born outside country is citizen as of right only if one parent both a citizen and born in country. ^ Rights to citizenship from grandparents: if born in or outside the country and one grandparent is a citizen (Uganda) or one great-grandparent was born in South Sudan (South Sudan). ~ racial, religious or ethnic discrimination in citizenship law. In Uganda, a child is not a citizen if born in the country unless the parent is citizen by birth – requiring membership of one of the indigenous communities listed in the 3rd schedule to the constitution; in DRC, there is preferential access for those who are members of one of the communities making up DRC at independence (not listed). 81