54 55 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Child protection Issue Brief: Birth Registration (August 2013), at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/523fe9214.html. The right to legal identity is enshrined in Article 15 of the UDHR, Articles 7 and 8 of the CRC and Article 24 of the ICCPR. 56 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), General comment No. 7 (2005): Implementing Child Rights in Early Childhood, 20 September 2006, CRC/C/GC/7/Rev.1, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/460bc5a62.html. 57 Ibid. 58 Ibid. 59 CRC, Art. 2(1). 60 UN High Commissioner for UNHCR, In Search of Solutions: Addressing Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa, September 2016, available at: https://www.refworld.org/ docid/57dbdaba4.html p21. 61 Albarazi and van Waas, Understanding Statelessness in the Syria Context, supra. 62 See also: UNHCR, Good Practices Paper - Action 7: Ensuring birth registration for the prevention of statelessness, November 2017, available at: https://www.refworld.org/ docid/5a0ac8f94.html [accessed 16 July 2019]. 63 UNHCR, In Search of Solutions: Addressing Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa, supra. 64 See Nationality Law (Kuwait, 1959); Resolution No. 4, 25/1/1374 H (Saudi Arabia, amended 1379 H and 1380 H). 65 See Bahrain Citizenship Act (1963); Decree Law No. 10 (1981) Amending Bahrain Citizenship Act (1963); Decree Law No. 12 Amending Bahrain Citizenship Act (1963). 66 67 68 ICCPR Art 2. Decree No15 on Lebanese Nationality including Amendments [Lebanon], 19 January 1925, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/44a24c6c4.html. 1954 Convention, Art 32. 69 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Good practices paper – Action 6: Establishing statelessness determination procedures to protect stateless persons, 11 July 2016, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/57836cff4.html. 70 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Good practices paper – Action 6: Establishing statelessness determination procedures to protect stateless persons, 11 July 2016, available at: www.refworld.org/docid/57836cff4.html. 59