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Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law
EQUALITY NOW – BEIJING+25
ESWATINI
Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act 2005:
Article 43. (1) A person born in Swaziland after the commencement
of this Constitution is a citizen of Swaziland by birth if at the time of
birth the father of that person was a citizen of Swaziland in terms of
this Constitution.
(2) A person born outside Swaziland after the commencement of
this Constitution is a citizen of Swaziland if at the time of birth the
father of that person was a citizen of Swaziland in terms of this
Constitution . . .
Take Action – Kingdom of eSwatini
Prime Minister Ambrose Mandvulo
Dlamini
P.O. Box 395
Mbabane
SWAZILAND
Email: simelanep@gov.sz
swaziland@un.int; swazinymission@yahoo.com (Mission to the UN in New York)
Twitter: @AmbroseDumile
(4) Where a child born outside of marriage is not adopted by its father or claimed by that
father in accordance with Swazi law and custom and the mother of that child is a citizen of
Swaziland, the child shall be a citizen of Swaziland by birth . . .
Article 44. (1) A woman who is not a citizen of Swaziland at the date of her marriage to a
person who is a citizen (otherwise than by registration) shall become a citizen by lodging a
declaration in the prescribed manner with the Minister responsible for citizenship or with any
Diplomatic Mission or Consular Office of Swaziland or at any other prescribed office, either
before or at any time during the marriage, accepting Swaziland citizenship.
(2) A woman who lodges a declaration in terms of subsection (1) shall be a citizen from the
date of her marriage, where the declaration is lodged before the marriage, or where the
declaration is lodged after marriage, from date of lodgement . . .
Note: Article 20(1) of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act 2005: All
persons are equal before and under the law in all spheres of political, economic, social and
cultural life and in every other respect and shall enjoy equal protection of the law.
MONACO
Law No. 1155 on Nationality (December 18, 1992) as
amended by Law No. 1276 (December 22, 2003), Law No. 1387
(December 19, 2011) and Law No. 1470 (June 17, 2019):
Article 1. A Monegasque is:
1. Every person born of a Monegasque father unless he acquired
his nationality by declaration under the provisions of Article 3.
2. Every person born of a mother who was born Monegasque
and who still has Monegasque nationality on the date of that
person’s birth.
Take Action – Monaco
Prince Albert II
Palais de Monaco
Boit Postal 518
98015 Monte Carlo
MONACO
Email Format: https://en.gouv.mc/Contact-us
Email: centre-info@gouv.mc
Twitter: @GvtMonaco
3. Every person born of a Monegasque mother and who has a Monegasque-born
ancestor on the mother’s side of the family.