2. Every child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have a name.
3. Every child has the right to acquire a nationality.
Article 26
All persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the
equal protection of the law. In this respect, the law shall prohibit any discrimination and
guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any
ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national
or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (13 December 2006)
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Article 18 - Liberty of movement and nationality
1. States Parties shall recognize the rights of persons with disabilities to liberty of
movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on an equal basis
with others, including by ensuring that persons with disabilities:
(a) Have the right to acquire and change a nationality and are not deprived of their
nationality arbitrarily or on the basis of disability;
(b) Are not deprived, on the basis of disability, of their ability to obtain, possess and
utilize documentation of their nationality or other documentation of identification, or to
utilize relevant processes such as immigration proceedings, that may be needed to
facilitate exercise of the right to liberty of movement;
(c) Are free to leave any country, including their own;
(d) Are not deprived, arbitrarily or on the basis of disability, of the right to enter their
own country.
2. Children with disabilities shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have
the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible,
the right to know and be cared for by their parents.
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance (20 December 2006)
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