b. What steps does the state intend to take to address the challenges emerging from the Syrian refugee crisis, to ensure that the right of all children born in the country to birth registration and a nationality is protected? c. Does the state have any information to share with the Committee in relation to the child’s right to acquire a nationality in Lebanon and childhood statelessness in the country? If not, why does the state not maintain adequate information on this important issue? Lebanon’s International Legal Framework and Statelessness in Lebanon 11. As a state party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Lebanon’s obligations in relation to the child’s right to a nationality and the prevention of statelessness derive from: a. Article 2, which obligates states to respect and ensure the rights set forth in the Convention “irrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.” b. Article 3 which obligates states to treat the best interests of the child as a primary consideration, as well as Article 6 (the child’s right to life, survival and development) and Article 12 (the childs right to have his or her own views and to participation). c. Article 7 which states that a child “shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents … in particular where the child would otherwise be stateless.” d. Article 8 which calls for States Parties to “undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations….” 12. Lebanon is also party to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which all entrench the right to a nationality and prohibit discrimination (on various grounds) in relation to access to nationality. These various treaties give further context to CRC Articles 7, 2 and 3, which collectively prohibit any form of discrimination against children or their parents or guardians, which undermines their right to acquire a nationality. 13. It must be noted that Lebanon has in place, a reservation to Article 9 CEDAW, which prohibits gender discrimination in relation to acquisition, conferral, transfer or retention of nationality. However, as stated by the CEDAW, Article 9 among others is “central to the object and purpose of the Convention and that the reservations impact negatively on the enjoyment by women of their