Commission on Human and People’s Rights,83 ECOWAS,84 ASEAN,8586 Organization of American States,87 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe88 and the Interparliamentary Union89 https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1563529&Site=CM&BackColorInternet=C3C3C3&BackColorIntranet=EDB 021& BackColorLogged=F5D383; Council of Eur., Sec’y-Gen., Comm. of Experts, Recomm. 2009/13, Expl. Memo. (Dec. 9, 2009) available at https://wcd.coe.int/wcd/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=CM(2009)163&Language=lanEnglish&Ver=original&Site=CM&Back Color Internet=C3C3C3&BackColorIntranet=EDB021&BackColorLogged=F5D383; Council of Eur., Comm. of Experts, Report on the citizenship laws of the Czech Republic and Slovakia and their implementation, COE Doc. DIR/JUR(96)4), para. 54 (Apr. 2, 1996) (“there is an international obligation for the two States to avoid statelessness”); Council of Eur., Comm’r Hum. Rts., Nils Muižnieks, Keynote address, First Global Forum on Statelessness, The Hague, 15-17 September 2014, COE Doc. CommDH/Speech(2014)8 (“It is in the child’s best interest to have a nationality”) 82 See UNHCR, Pledges 2001, supra note 80 (Afr. Union Comm’n, Pledge Form: the African Union Commission therefore pledges … to urge the remaining African states that are yet to sign and or ratify the Convention to do so at the earliest opportunity. In this regard, the African Union Commission will bring the issue of statelessness and the determination of nationality to the attention of the AU member states, with a view to adopting a common position on the two issues as well as continental guidelines on elements for the determination of nationality. 83 See Afr. Comm’n Hum & People’s Rts., Res. 234 on the Right to Nationality, 53rd Ord. Sess. available at www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/5016631b2.htmlmp;yearto=&coa=&language=&citation; Afr. Comm’n Hum & People’s Rts., Decision on the Report of the Activities, ACHPR Doc. EX.CL/968(XXIX) (July 15, 2016). 84 See ECOWAS & UNHCR, Joint Press Rel., West Africa on Path to Become the First Region in the World to Adopt a Plan of Action to End Statelessness (May 10, 2017) available at http://www.ecowas.int/west-africa-onpath-to-become-the-first-region-in-the-world-to-adopt-a-plan-of-action-to-end-statelessness/; Abidjan Declaration of Minsters of ECOWAS Member States on Eradication of Statelessness (Feb. 25, 2015), available at http://www.unhcr.org/ecowas2015/ENG-Declaration.pdf (para. 2: We undertake to prevent and reduce statelessness … in particular to ensure that every child acquires nationality at birth and that all foundlings are considered nationals of the State in which they are found”; para. 4: “We invite the Member States who have not yet done so to accede as soon as possible to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and call upon all member States, with the support of the UNHCR, to review their nationality laws and related legislation to bring them in line with the Convention Ministerial Conf. Statelessness in the ECOWAS Region, Mtg. of Experts, Conclusion and Recommendations (Feb. 24, 2015) (para. 7: we recommend that ECOWAS, in collaboration with UNHCR and the competent institutions of the African Union, adopt common standards that will guide the reform of nationality legislation of West African States. It is essential that these standards include the following: … Every child has the right to a nationality, his/her nationality must be confirmed no later than when the age of majority is reached, including through provisions guaranteeing that any person born in the country and who stays there during his/her childhood is entitled to obtain the nationality of that country either automatically or by his/her own choice. 85 See Association of Southeast Asian Nations Human Rights Declaration (2012), art. 18. See ASEAN Declaration of Human Rights 76 (Nov. 18, 2012), art. 18 (“Every person has the right to a nationality as prescribed by law. No person shall be arbitrarily deprived of such nationality nor denied the right to change that nationality.”) 87 See Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 1693 (XXIX-O/99); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 1762 (XXX-O/00); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 1832 (XXXI-O/01); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 1892 (XXXII-O/02); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 1971 (XXXIII-O/03); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 2047 (XXXIV-O/04); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 2511 (XXXIX-O/09); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 2599 (XL-O/10); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 2665 (XLI-O/11); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/RES. 2787 (XLIII-O/13) (June 5, 2013 (“Emphasizing the tradition in the countries of the Americas to prevent and reduce statelessness by granting nationality through the combined application of the principles of ius soli, for children born in their territories, and of ius sanguinis, for those born in other countries); Org. Amer. States, GA Res. AG/Res. 2826 (XLIV-O/14) (June 4, 2014) (same). These resolutions confirm the tradition in the Americas of granting nationality jus soli to children born in the territory of the state. 88 See Org. Security & Co-op. in Eur., High Comm’r on Nat’l Minorities, Ljubljana Guidelines on Integration of Diverse Societies, Recomm., Guideline 34 (Nov. 7, 2012). 89 See Inter-Parl. Union, Gov’ing Council, Statement on Parliamentary Action in Support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Refugee Protection, 188th sess. (Apr. 20, 2011) 86 … we reaffirm that the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons are the principal international instruments for addressing statelessness. We encourage all States that have not yet done so to accede to or ratify these instruments and lift any reservations lodged at the time of accession. We greatly welcome 12 Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3091912