A/HRC/10/34 page 4 Angola 6. The Government of Angola stated that article 18 of the Constitution of Angola regulates the right to a nationality. Angolan nationality can be obtained at birth or by naturalization. Those persons whose father or mother is an Angolan national are born Angolans. Also, persons born on Angolan territory are presumed to be Angolan nationals. The conditions for the attribution, acquisition, loss and reacquisition of Angolan nationality are determined by the law. The Constitution also establishes that Angolan nationals may not be deprived of their Angolan citizenship if it was obtained at birth. Azerbaijan 7. The Government of Azerbaijan stated that, according to its Constitution, persons born in Azerbaijan are considered citizens of Azerbaijan. Persons whose parents are citizens of Azerbaijan are also considered citizens of Azerbaijan. According to article 3 of the Law on Citizenship all citizens of Azerbaijan are equal, irrespective of how citizenship was obtained. Article 53 of the Constitution and article 2 of the Law on Citizenship provide that citizens of Azerbaijan shall not be deprived of their citizenship. According to article 5 of the Law on Citizenship, citizenship of Azerbaijan is awarded to persons who were not citizens of Azerbaijan or of any other State but registered their domicile in Azerbaijan before 1 January 1992. Citizenship of Azerbaijan may also be given to refugees who took refuge in Azerbaijan between 1 January 1988 and 1 January 1992. Belarus 8. The Government of Belarus stated that issues relating to citizenship are regulated by its Constitution and by the Law on Citizenship. The law prescribes that persons shall not be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality on any grounds. Citizenship may be terminated by voluntary renunciation of citizenship or as a result of acts foreseen in the law. Persons may apply to renounce their citizenship of Belarus, except in situations where renunciation of citizenship would place the person in a situation of statelessness. Persons may lose their citizenship, inter alia, as a result of being recruited to the military, the police, the security services, or judicial institutions of another State. Persons may in no case be deprived of their nationality if as a result they are placed in a situation of statelessness. Bosnia and Herzegovina 9. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina stated that article 7.1 of its Constitution regulates nationality issues. No person may be deprived of Bosnia and Herzegovina or any of its constitutive Entities’ citizenship on any ground. All persons who were citizens of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina prior to the entry into force of the Constitution are considered citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 10. According to the Government, citizenship may be withdrawn, inter alia, in the following cases: if the regulations in force in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of the naturalization had not been applied; if the citizenship was acquired by means of fraudulent conduct; in a case of a lack of a genuine link between Bosnia and Herzegovina and a citizen habitually not residing in Bosnia and Herzegovina; if a person concerned did not respond to the