Statelessness Working Paper Series No. 2015/01 father to register or acknowledge the child or to force the father to acknowledge the child. In states with gender-discriminatory nationality laws, the child is likely to be stateless. Laws limiting marriages between foreigners risk treating marital children as non-marital children, with all of the same risks applicable even though the child’s parents are in fact married. Discrimination in civil registration law, the absence of means to establish paternity, and restrictions on marriages to foreigners can generate new cases of statelessness. UNHCR and the international community are working to eradicate statelessness by 2024. In order to do so, the international community must expand its focus beyond gender discrimination in nationality law. States must their nationality laws, but also must address discrimination in civil registration and civil status laws to ensure that all children receive a nationality. 8