naturalization procedures; the grant of such nationality may be subject to such limitations as may be imposed in the interests of national security or public policy. 2. Each Contracting State agrees that the present Convention shall not be construed as affecting any legislation or judicial practice by which the alien wife of one of its nationals may, at her request, acquire her husband’s nationality as a matter of right. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (11 July 1990) • Read the Charter in full-text in English in Refworld. Article 6: Name and Nationality 1. Every child shall have the right from his birth no a name. 2. Every child shall be registered immediately after birth. 3. Every child has the right to acquire a nationality. 4. States Parties to the present Charter shall undertake to ensure that their Constitutional legislation recognize the principles according to which a child shall acquire the nationality of the State in the territory of which he has been born if, at the time of the child’s birth. he is not granted nationality by any other State in accordance with its laws. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (11 July 2003) • Read the Convention in full-text in English in Refworld. Article 6: Marriage States Parties shall ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights and are regarded as equal partners in marriage. They shall enact appropriate national legislative measures to guarantee that: [...] d) every marriage shall be recorded in writing and registered in accordance with national laws, in order to be legally recognised; [...] g) a woman shall have the right to retain her nationality or to acquire the nationality of her husband; h) a woman and a man shall have equal rights, with respect to the nationality of their children except where this is contrary to a provision in national legislation or is contrary to national security interests;