8 v. the cultivation of crops on an annual basis at that location; vi. the use of water points and seasonal grazing sites; vii. the burial sites of family members; viii. the testimony of other members of the community; ix. well-known public facts attested by the competent authorities; x. the person’s contribution to the State. ARTICLE 9 Marriage A State Party shall provide in law that: a. Marriage or the dissolution of a marriage between a national and a non-national shall not automatically change the nationality of either spouse nor affect the capacity of the national to transmit his or her nationality to his or her children. b. The change of nationality of one spouse during marriage shall not automatically affect the nationality of the other spouse or of the children. ARTICLE 10 Children’s Rights 1. 2. A State Party shall, in accordance with its national law, ensure that: a. the birth of every child is immediately registered; b. every child is attributed a nationality at birth or acquires a nationality as soon as possible thereafter. A State Party shall ensure that in all judicial or administrative proceedings affecting the nationality of a child who is capable of communicating his or her own views, an opportunity shall be provided for the views of the child to be heard, either directly or through a representative, as a party to the proceedings, and those views shall be taken into consideration by the competent authority in accordance with the provisions of appropriate national law. ARTICLE 11 Evidence of Entitlement to a Nationality 1. A State Party shall provide in its national law that every person has the right to official copies of the official documents required to establish that person’s entitlement to nationality at birth or the conditions for acquisition of its nationality.