to keep the nationality granted to them when found. A child born or found in the
territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for example, acquires that nationality if “both
parents are unknown or of unknown citizenship or are stateless, or if the child is
stateless”.25
Key sources to consult
²²
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
²²
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
²²
UNHCR, Good practices paper – Action 1: Resolving existing
major situations of statelessness, 23 February 2015, available at:
www.refworld.org/docid/54e75a244.html.
²²
UNHCR, Good practices paper – Action 2: Ensuring that no child
is born stateless, 20 March 2017, available at: www.refworld.org/
docid/58cfab014.html.
²²
UNHCR, Guidelines on statelessness No. 4: Ensuring every child’s
right to acquire a nationality through Articles 1 – 4 of the 1961
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,
21 December 2012, HCR/GS/12/04, available at: www.refworld.org/
docid/50d460c72.html.
25 Law on citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consolidated Official Gazette nos. 4/97, 13/99, 41/02, 6/03, 14/03, 82/05, 43/09, 76/09,
87/131, Art. 7 (unofficial translation).
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