IV. International legal framework and OSCE commitments Madrid 2007 (Decision No. 10/07 on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination: Promoting Mutual Respect and Understanding The Ministerial Council, (…) Recognizing that manifestations of intolerance and discrimination can undermine the efforts to protect the rights of individuals, including migrants, refugees and persons belonging to national minorities and stateless persons, (…) 7. Calls on participating States to protect migrants legally residing in host countries and persons belonging to national minorities, stateless persons and refugees from racism, xenophobia, discrimination and violent acts of intolerance and to elaborate or strengthen national strategies and programmes for the integration of regular migrants, which also requires active engagement of the latter.51 2008 Bolzano/ Bozen Recommendations on National Minorities in Inter-State Relations III. Benefits accorded by states to persons belonging to national minorities abroad: 11. States may take preferred linguistic competencies and cultural, historical or familial ties into account in their decision to grant citizenship to individuals abroad. States should, however, ensure that such a conferral of citizenship respects the principles of friendly, including good neighbourly, relations and territorial sovereignty, and should refrain from conferring citizenship en masse, even if dual citizenship is allowed by the State of residence. If a State does accept dual citizenship as part of its legal system, it should not discriminate against dual nationals.52 38

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