CITIZENSHIP AND STATELESSNESS 5. IN THE HORN OF AFRICA GROUPS AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS .............:ssscsesssssssssssssnsessensensensensenssnsssssnsonssnsensonsnsnsnsonsssonsonse seen 48 FOUNDLINGS, CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK, ORPHANS AND CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS, AND OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN.....ssscsesssecesesecscscaceneneueeescacacacanesueseacacacacanensusasacacacaneneeesasaeasacaneneneeeesseaeananeneneeeesaeatateneneneenes PEOPLE OF MIXED PARENTAGE OR POTENTIAL DUAL NATIONALITY BORDER POPULATIONS AND NOMADIC PASTORALISTS LONG-TERM REFUGEES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS PEOPLE WITHOUTA REGULARISED IMMIGRATION STATUS . MINORITIES IN SOMALIA. ETHIOPIANS OF ERITREAN DESCENT... 6. INTERNATIONAL AND AFRICAN LAW.............:s:csscssssssssssssnssnssssensensensensensensenssssonsonsonsnsssnsonsssonsoese seen 62 THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW ...ceseseesesesseseseeneeseeeecaeacaneneneeseaeasacaneneneaeesseasateneneneesesaeatarenenennene 62 Nationality on Succession of States Loss and deprivation of nationality. Naturalisation THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY IN THE AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME.. ” The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the jurisprudence of the African Commission ..... 67 The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the jurisprudence of the African Committee of Experts The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights BIRTH REGISTRATION AND LEGAL IDENTITY.. SUB-REGIONAL STANDARDS.. intergovernmental Authority on Development.. League of Arab States Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 7. CONCLUSIONS: STATELESSNESS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA .... 8. RECOMMENDATIONS ...........0ssssseservevesssvssonssvonssnssonssssnossssoessssevssssvessevessnsasesonsasonsssenonses sss ssssonssssevssseeses 77 ANNEXES .......sssssesssssvsssssesoessvsnsssssonssvsnsssssnssssnussssesssssvssssnesssvesosssvesonsasonssssnonses ons ssssonssssnussseessasessssasonsaenonsens 82 ANNEX 1: NATIONALITY LAWS IN FORCE.....cccscsseecesseseecsuseeeessasesseseasesseseasesseseasesseseaseseeseasesseseaseseesagseseeseaseseseasesesanses 82 ANNEX 2: STATUS OF UN TREATIES Treaties relating to statelessness. Treaties with provisions on the right to a nationalit ANNEX 3: STATUS OF AU TREATIES ANNEX 4: SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ..