Page 29 Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law EQUALITY NOW – BEIJING+25 CITIZENSHIP Below are examples of laws which must be amended or repealed. BAHRAIN Decree Law No. 12 Amending Bahraini Citizenship Act of 1963: Article 4. A person shall be deemed a Bahraini national in the following cases: A. If he/she was born in Bahrain or abroad and the father, at the time of the birth, was a Bahraini national. B. If he/she was born in Bahrain or abroad and the mother, at the time of birth, was a Bahraini national, providing that the father was either unknown or paternity was not legally proven. Take Action – Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Riffa Palace Office of the King Manama BAHRAIN Email: contactcenter@ega.gov.bh Twitter: @eGovBahrain Facebook: facebook.com/pages/ King-Hamad-Bin-Isa-Al-Khalifa/201882409844087 Note: Article 18 of the Constitution of Bahrain: People are equal in human dignity, and citizens are equal before the law in public rights and duties. There shall be no discrimination among them on the basis of sex, origin, language, religion or creed. BRUNEI Brunei Nationality Law No. 4 of 1961, as amended by S 43/00 and S 55/02: Section 4. (1) On and after the appointed day the following persons, and no others, shall be subjects of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan by operation of law — (a) any person born in Brunei Darussalam . . . and any person born outside Brunei Darussalam . . . whose father was, at the time of birth of such person, a subject of His Majesty the Sultan... Section 5. (6) . . . a woman who — (a) is not a subject of His Majesty the Sultan . . . ; and (b) is or has been married to a subject of His Majesty the Sultan . . . , shall . . . be eligible to be registered as a subject of His Majesty the Sultan . . . Take Action – Brunei His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien Prime Minister’s Office Jalan Perdana Menteri Bandar Seri Begawan BB3913 Negara BRUNEI Darussalam Email: info@jpm.gov.bn Facebook: facebook.com/egnc.gov.bn Section 9. (5) A person who has the status of a subject of His Majesty the Sultan . . . shall cease to have such status if —(b) being a woman who has acquired such status by registration [through marriage to a subject of His Majesty the Sultan and thereafter] she acquires by reason of her subsequent marriage the nationality or citizenship of her husband being the nationality or citizenship of any State or country outside Brunei Darussalam.