Annex – Nationality legislation regulating the conferral of nationality on children The Bahamas • Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas 1973, Articles 6, 8, 9 and 14 • Bahamas Nationality Act, Section 4 Bahrain • Bahraini Citizenship Act 1963 (last amended in 1981), Article 4 Barbados • Constitution of Barbados, Articles 4, 5 and 10(2) Brunei Darussalam • Brunei Nationality Act (Amended by S 43/00 and S 55/02), Articles 4 and 6 Burundi • Constitution de la République du Burundi promulguée le 7 juin 2018, Article 12 • Loi 1/013 du 18 juillet 2000 Portant Reforme du Code de la Nationalité, Articles 2 and 3(c) Dominican Republic • Law No. 1683 of 16 April 1948 Relating to Naturalisation, Article 4 Eswatini • Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act 2005, Section 43(1), (2) and (4) • Swaziland Citizenship Act 1992, Section 7(1), (2), and (4) Iran • Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 23 May 1928, Article 976 • Amendment to the law on Determining the Nationality of Children Born from a Marriage of Iranian Women and Foreign Men, 7 September 2021 Iraq • Constitution of the Republic of Iraq, 15 October 2005, Article 18 • Iraqi Nationality Act (No. 26/2006), Articles 3 and 4 Jordan • Jordanian Nationality Law of 1954 (last amended 2023), Articles 3 and 9 Kiribati • Constitution of Kiribati 1979, Articles 25 and 29 U N H C R > B A C K G R O U N D N O T E O N G E N D E R E Q U A L I T Y, N AT I O N A L I T Y L A W S A N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S 2 0 2 6 17