Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 1b

Párrafo
Original document
Document type
  • Tratado internacional
Paragraph text
  1. A Contracting State shall grant its nationality to a person, not born in the territory of a Contracting State, who would otherwise be stateless, if the nationality of one of his parents at the time of the person's birth was that of that State. If his parents did not possess the same nationality at the time of his birth, the question whether the nationality of the person concerned should follow that of the father or that of the mother shall be determined by the national law of such Contracting State. Nationality granted in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall be granted: (b) Upon an application being lodged with the appropriate authority, by or on behalf of the person concerned, in the manner prescribed by the national law. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article, no such application may be rejected.
Document legal status
  • Jurídicamente vinculante
Document body
  • Asamblea general de las Naciones Unidas
Document means of adoption
  • Voto
Temas
  • Derechos Civiles y Políticos
  • Gobernanza y imperio de la ley
Personas afectadas
  • Familias
  • Infantes
  • Mujeres
Document year
  • 1961
Tipo de párrafo
Artículo
Reference
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961), Article 4, 1b.
Paragraph info
Article 4
Paragraph number
1b