acquired is lost and the Decree of naturalisation rendered void if the naturalised person renounces the State religion or behaves in such a way as clearly indicates his intention to abandon the State religion. [...] 22 •TheArticle Minister shall not be required to assign any reason for the grant or refusal of any application under this Act and the decision of the Minister on any such application shall not be subject to appeal or review in any court. Exercise 6 Statelessness in the context of State succession Interactive classroom activity or take-home exercise Students work together in four groups. The State they formerly lived in has dissolved into four new independent States. Each group constitutes an advisory body to the government in one of the States, mandated to draw up the key elements of new nationality legislation. Their task is to identify who should qualify for the initial body of citizens and to determine the main principles for acquisition of nationality in the State. The President advised that considering the present instability, loyalty of the new citizens would be paramount. She also asked the advisory committee to take into account potential largescale migration as a result of State succession. Students should now imagine State succession unfold, including large numbers of migrants leaving and arriving in the territory. Based on their proposed legislation, they should try to identify through sample cases if statelessness is successfully avoided and if they think that they have laid the foundation for a stable future. Exercise 7 Reduction of statelessness (including through naturalisation) Interactive classroom activity or take-home exercise The following segments of text have been taken from the report Forgotten Without Reason: Protection of Non-Refugee Stateless Persons in Central Europe (G. Gyulai, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, June 2007). They provide an account of the legal provisions relevant to the reduction of statelessness in three countries – Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. Compare and contrast the legislation of these States on the basis of the information provided, including by: a) Explaining how the law may contribute to the reduction of statelessness b) Specifying which international standards are relevant to the formulation of these national provisions c) Identifying good practices in the law of one or more States for promoting the reduction of statelessness d) Discussing areas in which the law of one or more States could be improved and making suggestions for legal reform A Guide to Teaching on Statelessness 51