SAHNI ARTICLE 3.3.21 (WORD) (DO NOT DELETE) 5/6/2021 7:21 PM THE MYOPIC LOSS OF NATIONALITY RIGHTS LEADING TO STATELESSNESS Binda Preet Sahni * I.INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 112 II.DISCUSSION ........................................................................................... 115 A. The Right to Nationality and the Right to Citizenship ........... 115 1. What is the Right to Nationality? ..................................... 116 2. What is the Right to Citizenship?..................................... 118 B. Determining the Right to Nationality ..................................... 124 1. When a State Revokes Access to Nationality Rights ....... 124 2. When an Individual Loses Nationality Rights by His or Her Own Act ........................................................................... 137 III.CONCLUSION ........................................................................................ 144 ABSTRACT This article discusses how various jurisdictions address the loss or deprivation of nationality or citizenship that leads to statelessness. Nationality loss can occur by two means: a State may displace an individual’s right to nationality arbitrarily through its official or unofficial laws or through its conduct; alternatively, an individual may relinquish his or her existing nationality by his own intentional or inadvertent act. His or her contribution triggers operation of law which then limits access to nationality rights. * Binda Preet Sahni, PhD. 111