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11. Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Principles on Deprivation of Nationality as a
National Security Measure (March 2020). The Principles on Deprivation of Nationality as a
National Security Measure consolidate international law and legal standards under the UN
Charter, treaty law, customary international law, general principles of law, judicial
decisions and legal scholarship, and regional and national law and practice. They restate
and reflect the international law obligations of States when taking or considering taking
steps to deprive nationality as a national security measure. See https://www.institutesi.org/
year-of-action-resources/principles-on-deprivation-of-nationality, accessed 26 August 2026
12. Ibid. See Principle 4.
13. Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Commentary to the Principles on Deprivation of
Nationality as a National Security Measure (March 2022) at https://www.institutesi.org/yearof-action-resources/principles-on-deprivation-of-nationality, accessed 26 August 2026
14. MENA Rights Group and others - Joint Submission Ahead of Kuwaitʼs Review by the UN
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 1 July 2020, https://menarights.org/en/documents/
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15. UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), ʻHuman rights and arbitrary deprivation of
nationality: Report of the Secretary-Generalʼ, A/HRC/25/28 (2013), available at: http://
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16. UN Human Rights Council, ʻHuman rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality:
Report of the SecretaryGeneralʼ, A/HRC/13/34 (2009), available at: http://www.refworld.org/
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17. Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion - Commentary to the Principles on Deprivation
of Nationality as a National Security Measure, para. 47, at https://www.institutesi.org/yearof-action-resources/principles-on-deprivation-of-nationality accessed 26 August 2026
18. UNGA Res 72/180 (10 December 2017), UN Doc A/RES/72/180, pp. 5. at https://docs.un.org/
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19. Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion - Commentary to the Principles on Deprivation
of Nationality as a National Security Measure, para 143, at https://www.institutesi.org/yearof-action-resources/principles-on-deprivation-of-nationality accessed 26 August 2026
20. Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) - United Nations Special
Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem
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21. This law is, namely, Article 28.2 of the Convention and article 19.c of the Vienna
Convention on the Law of Treaties. See: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/
conventions/1_1_1969.pdf , accessed 10 December 2025
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