C . EV ERY C HI LD’ S RIGH T TO A NAT IONALIT Y .. .. play a vital role in confirming the French nationality of an individual on a factual basis, including a case where the child would otherwise be rendered stateless.133 81 SECTION I.C.3 India should implement constitutional standards similar to Malaysia. According to the Constitution of Malaysia, any person born on the territory of the state who is not born a citizen of any country i.e. who is otherwise born stateless is a citizen of Malaysia.134 The birth registration system in India should be made more efficient by eliminating the gaps mentioned in Section I.C.2 of this chapter, to prevent and reduce statelessness among children [↘]. Good practices to ensure that all children are registered at birth irrespective of their parents’ legal status include: –– In December 2019, Kazakhstan amended its Code on Marriage and Family to ensure that all children born in the country are registered at birth and that all children, irrespective of the legal status of their parents, are issued birth certificates. –– Thailand’s reform of its Civil Registration Act in 2008 made it clear that all children born in the territory can be registered when born, regardless of their parents’ nationality and legal status. –– Uzbekistan has run a nationwide campaign since 2017 for universal birth registration. The campaign included identifying and registering all cases of unregistered births, including for children born to undocumented parents. 133 ibid. 134 Constitution of Malaysia 1957, pt I, sch 2, art 14(1)(a). chapter i • status see Section III.A and III.B (Chapter III), pg 216 , pg 217