CChapter 3: Comparative analysis of nationality laws the family. The only exception is Libya where, if the child is born outside the country to a Libyan father, a registration procedure must be completed before Libyan nationality is conferred.101 Rules incorporating maternal jus sanguinis are less commonplace in the MENA. Although the picture has been changing rapidly over the past decade, currently, still less than half of the countries in the region offer children an unconditional right to acquire their mother’s nationality. Gender discrimination in nationality laws thus remains a significant issue in the region.102 Only Algerian, Egyptian, Moroccan and Tunisian nationality laws clearly provide for the transmission of nationality from mother to child on the same terms as from father to child (i.e. automatic and regardless of the child’s place of birth). In Yemen, an amendment fully recognising the maternal jus sanguinis was passed in 2010, but only entered into force following published in the state’s Official Gazette in mid-2013 and it is unclear to what extent it has been implemented to date. Iraq and Libya similarly provide for maternal jus sanguinis, but there is an internal inconsistency in their laws due to the 101 - Article 3(c), Law No. 24 on the Libyan Nationality, 2010. 102 To compare the MENA region to the rest of the world, see UNHCR, Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2014, 8 March 2014, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/532075964. html. 85