CITIZENSHIP AND STATELESSNESS IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 2020 International and African law 103 The right to a nationality in international law 103 Nationality on Succession of States 105 Loss and deprivation of nationality 106 Naturalisation 107 The right to a nationality in the African human rights regime 108 The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the jurisprudence of the African Commission 108 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the jurisprudence of the African Committee of Experts 110 The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights 111 Birth registration and legal identity 112 Regional standards and initiatives 113 The Southern African Development Community 113 The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) 115 Pledges by SADC Member States to Address Statelessness 116 Recommendations 117 Accessions to and implementation of UN and AU treaties 117 SADC institutional support for inter-state cooperation and common norms 117 Law reform 118 Nationality administration 119 Identification of populations at risk of statelessness, and prevention and reduction of iv statelessness 119 An integrated approach to nationality systems 120 Appendix 1: Nationality laws in force 121 Appendix 2: Status of UN treaties 122 Treaties relating to statelessness 122 Treaties with provisions on the right to a nationality 123 Appendix 3: Status of AU treaties 124 Appendix 4: Select bibliography 125 UNHCR / December, 2020