2. This Convention shall not apply to distinctions, exclusions, restrictions or preferences
made by a State Party to this Convention between citizens and non-citizens.
3. Nothing in this Convention may be interpreted as affecting in any way the legal
provisions of States Parties concerning nationality, citizenship or naturalization,
provided that such provisions do not discriminate against any particular nationality.
Article 5
In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid down in article 2 of this
Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in
all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race,
colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment
of the following rights:
(c) Political rights, in particular the right to participate in elections – to vote and to stand
for election – on the basis of universal and equal suffrage, to take part in the
Government as well as in the conduct of public affairs at any level and to have equal
access to public service;
(d) Other civil rights, in particular: (...)
(iii) The right to nationality;
[2] These provisions should be interpreted taking into account the General
Recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and in
particular General Recommendation 30 on Discrimination Against Non-Citizens.
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women (29 January 1957)
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Article 1
Each Contracting State agrees that neither the celebration nor the dissolution of a
marriage between one of its nationals and an alien, nor the change of nationality by the
husband during marriage, shall automatically affect the nationality of the wife.
Article 2
Each Contracting State agrees that neither the voluntary acquisition of the nationality of
another State nor the renunciation of its nationality by one of its nationals shall prevent
the retention of its nationality by the wife of such national.
Article 3
1. Each Contracting State agrees that the alien wife of one of its nationals may, at her
request, acquire the nationality of her husband through specially privileged