116
Ibid, paras 43-6.
117
1961 Convention, Art 9.
118
ICCPR, Art 2.
119
120
121
See, for example, refugees of Bhutanese origin in Nepal. Human Rights Watch, ‘Last
Hope: The Need for Durable Solutions for Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal and India’
(Report) (16 May 2007), Volume 19, No. 7(C));
South West Africa Cases (Liberia v. South Africa; Ethiopia v. South Africa) 1962 ICJ Rep.
319.
CRPD, Art 18.
122
UNHCR, Tunis Conclusions, supra, para 71.
123
Human Rights Council, Report of the Secretary General etc, HRC/25/28, para 4.
124
Gerard-René de Groot, Towards a toolbox for nationality legislation Text of the
Valedictory Lecture as Professor of Comparative Law and Private International Law at
Maastricht University delivered on 14 October 2016, 44.
125
126
127
128
129
130
UNHCR, Tunis Conclusions, supra, para 62.
UNHCR, Tunis Conclusions, supra, para 41.
Law No. (46) of 1963 - Iraqi Nationality, 1963, available at: https://www.refworld.org/
docid/3ae6b4ec38.html.
Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq, Resolution No. 666 of 1980 (nationality), 26
May 1980, available at:
https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b51d28.html.
Iraqi Nationality Law [Iraq], Law 26 of 2006, 7 March 2006, available at: https://www.
refworld.org/docid/4b1e364c2.html, Art 15.
Ibid, Arts 17, 18.
131
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), A passport to protection: A guide to birth
registration programming, 2013, p 11.
132
Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties, opened for
signature 23 Aug 1978, 1946 UNTS 3 (entered into force 6 Nov 1996) Art 2(1)(b).
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