A/HRC/10/34 page 3 Introduction 1. In its resolution 7/10 of 27 March 2008, on human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality, the Human Rights Council requested the Secretary-General “to collect information on this question from all relevant sources and to make it available to the Council at its tenth session”. The present report contains a summary of the replies received. 2. In response to a note verbale dated 26 May 2008, information was received from the Governments of Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Jamaica, Kuwait, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro, Qatar, Russian Federation, Spain, the Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). In response to letters sent to various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations on 13 June, 24 September and 6 October 2008, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Refugees International provided further information. I. REPLIES RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENTS Algeria 3. The Government of Algeria stated that Algerian legislation contains most of the relevant provisions of international treaties concerning the right to a nationality. Article 30 of the Constitution of Algeria regulates issues related to Algerian citizenship. The Algerian Law on Nationality does not contain specific provisions on stateless persons, but it provides sufficient guarantees to combat statelessness according to international law and international human rights law. The Government indicated that Algerian citizenship is obtained at birth if the mother is an Algerian citizen. Children born in Algeria from unknown parents are also considered as Algerian citizens. 4. Article 18 of the Law on Nationality provides that dual nationality is not recognized by Algerian legislation. Algerian citizens who acquire a foreign nationality lose their Algerian citizenship. According to articles 20 and 21 of the Law on Nationality, children are not affected by the loss of Algerian citizenship of their parents. The Government reported that article 19 of the Law on Nationality, which established that persons lost their Algerian citizenship if they worked for a foreign country or for an international organization to which Algeria is not a member, was abrogated. 5. The Law on Nationality establishes the conditions for the loss of Algerian citizenship, including situations of persons who are accused of a crime affecting public order and persons who are accused in Algeria or abroad of a crime against Algerian interests and is imprisoned for more than five years. Naturalized Algerian citizens may be deprived of their Algerian citizenship if it was obtained through illegal means or fraud. Persons who have been deprived of their Algerian citizenship have the right to judicial remedy within 18 months of the decision to deprive them of their citizenship.