Mai Kaneko-Iwase, Ph.D. (Law) Article 16 of the nationality law uses the term ‘A child found or living in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, both of whose parents are unknown, shall be considered to be born in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania and acquire citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania (...)’. The Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania of 2010 <https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/ TAD/TAIS.387811/asr>. Article 2 of the Lithuania’s child protection law states ‘A child is a human being below the age of 18 years, unless otherwise estab(10) Lithuania lished by laws.’ The Law on Fundamentals of Protection of the Rights of the Child (14 March 1996 No I-1234) <https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/ TAIS.382481?jfwid=q8i88lquy>. UNHCR’s mapping study states ‘An expert at the Migration Department has confirmed to the researcher that under circumstances relevant to the citizenship of foundlings, the age limit is 18 years.’, with the accompanying footnote 335 stating ‘Under Lithuanian law, a child is a person younger than 18 years.’ UNHCR, ‘Mapping Statelessness in Lithuania’, (May 2016) 75 <https://www.refworld.org/docid/580f649c4.html>. Article 6 states ‘Citizenship of the Republic of Macedonia shall be acquired by a child found or born on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia whose parents are unknown (...).’ Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Macedonia <https:// mvr.gov.mk/zakon/11>. The ENS Statelessness Index states that ‘The Law on Citizenship stipulates that only children can benefit from this safeguard, mean(11) North ing that they must be under 18 years of age.’ PRS. 3.b, ‘ENS Statelessness Macedonia Index Survey 2022: North Macedonia’ (2022) 21< <https://index.statelessness. eu/sites/default/files/ENS_Statelessness_Index_Survey-NorthMacedonia-2022. pdf>. According to Gazmend Gudaci, one of authors of the Index, the term ‘child’ in the Macedonian legislation refers to those individuals that are below the age of 18. Email from Gazmend Gudaci, on file with author, 10 September 2023. Article 5 (3) of Romania’s nationality law states ‘[...] (3) Children who are found in Romanian territory are regarded as Romanian citizens until proven otherwise, if none of their parents is known.’ Law on Romanian Citizenship no. 21/1991 <https://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/121439>. ENS Statelessness Index states ‘There is no particular age limit in the foundlings provision, therefore the applicable limit is 18 years old.’ ENS, ‘ENS Statelessness (12) Romania Index Survey 2022: Romania’ (2022) 20 <https://index.statelessness.eu/sites/ default/files/ENS_Statelessness_Index_Survey-Romania-2022_0.pdf>. The local expert who authored the Index stated that a child is defined by the Romanian law as a person under 18, and in the absence of any other age limit specified in the nationality law, ‘child’ means a minor. Email to the author from Stefan Leonescu, Jesuit Refugee Service Romania who authored the Index (29 September 2023). 35 Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies