Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 8 1. States Parties undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognised by law without unlawful interference. 2. Where a child is illegally deprived of some or all of the elements of his or her identity, States Parties shall provide appropriate assistance and protection, with a view to re-establishing speedily his or her identity. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Article 29: “Each child of a migrant worker shall have the right to a name, to registration of birth and to a nationality.” Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, Article 29 Each child of a migrant worker shall have the right to a name, to registration of birth and to a nationality. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 18 1. States Parties shall recognise the rights of persons with disabilities to liberty of movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on an equal basis with others, including by ensuring that persons with disabilities: a. Have the right to acquire and change a nationality and are not deprived of their nationality arbitrarily or on the basis of disability; b. Are not deprived, on the basis of disability, of their ability to obtain, possess and utilize documentation of their nationality or other documentation of identification, or to utilize relevant processes such as immigration proceedings, that may be needed to facilitate exercise of the right to liberty of movement; c. Are free to leave any country, including their own; d. Are not deprived, arbitrarily or on the basis of disability, of the right to enter their own country. 2. Children with disabilities shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by their parents. American Convention on Human Rights, Article 20 1. Every person has the right to a nationality. 2. Every person has the right to the nationality of the state in whose territory he was born if he does not have the right to any other nationality. 3. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality or of the right to change it. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Article 6 1. 2. 3. 4. Every child shall have the right from his birth to a name. Every child shall be registered immediately after birth. Every child has the right to acquire a nationality. States Parties to the present Charter shall undertake to ensure that their Constitutional legislation recognise the principles according to which a child shall acquire the nationality of the State in the territory of which he has been born if, at the time of the child’s birth, he is not granted nationality by any other State in accordance with its laws. Arab Charter on Human Rights, Article 29 Everyone has the right to nationality. No one shall be arbitrarily or unlawfully deprived of his nationality. Covenant on the Rights of the Child in Islam, Article 7 1. A child shall, from birth, have the right to a good name, to be registered with the authorities concerned, to have his or her nationality determined, and to know his/her, parents, all his/her relatives and foster mother. 2. States Parties to the Covenant shall safeguard the elements of the child’s identity, including his/her name, nationality and family relations in accordance with their domestic laws, and shall make every effort to resolve the issue of statelessness for any child born on their territories or to any of their citizens outside their territory. 3. The child of unknown descent or who is legally assimilated to this status shall have the right to guardianship and care but without adoption. He shall have a right to a name, title, and nationality. 58 U N H C R | L I T I G AT I N G T H E R I G H T T O A N AT I O N A L I T Y: A G U I D E F O R P R AC T I T I O N E R S