The Plight of the Rightless: Mapping and Understanding Statelessness in Tripoli-V1.3 Appendix B - Lebanon Ratification of International Conventions Treaty or Convention Year Signed by Lebanon Ratified by Lebanon N/A Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN): Article 15 1948 Yes Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (UN) 1954 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (UN) 1961 The Convention on the Nationality of Married Women 1957 No No Fear of giving the nationality to Palestinians (for confessional reasons as well as to preserve the Palestinians’ right of return to their homeland) No No Fear of giving the nationality to Palestinians (for confessional reasons as well as to preserve the Palestinians’ right of return to their homeland) No No International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN): Article 24 1966 Yes Yes The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Article 9 1979 Yes The Convention on the Rights of Child (UN): Article 7 1989 Yes Yes, except article 9 on nationality transmission and article 16 (c, d, f and g) regarding the elimination of discrimination against women during marriage and divorce. Yes Impact on the stateless Status “Everyone has the right to a nationality. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.” The definition of statelessness and the recognition of basic rights were set. It provides solutions for states to prevent the proliferation of stateless people. This convention prevents the statelessness of women due to changes in her marital status. “Every child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have a name. Every child has the right to acquire a nationality.” “States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality.” “The child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire 62