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== Legal protections == The following instruments address the right to a nationality: * [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=The 1951 Refugee Convention|url=https://www.unhcr.org/1951-refugee-convention.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=UNHCR|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119152720/https://www.unhcr.org/1951-refugee-convention.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees|url=https://www.unhcr.org/protection/basic/3b66c2aa10/convention-protocol-relating-status-refugees.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=UNHCR|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127214615/https://www.unhcr.org/protection/basic/3b66c2aa10/convention-protocol-relating-status-refugees.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons|url=https://www.unhcr.org/protection/statelessness/3bbb25729/convention-relating-status-stateless-persons.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=UNHCR|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808155043/https://www.unhcr.org/protection/statelessness/3bbb25729/convention-relating-status-stateless-persons.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness|url=https://www.unhcr.org/protection/statelessness/3bbb286d8/convention-reduction-statelessness.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=UNHCR|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223191222/https://www.unhcr.org/protection/statelessness/3bbb286d8/convention-reduction-statelessness.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[European Convention on Nationality]]<ref name="Full list">{{Cite web|title=Full list|url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Treaty Office|language=en-GB|archive-date=2019-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110225058/https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child]] (art. 6) <ref>African Charter on The Rights and Welfare of the Child, 1990 https://www.un.org/en/africa/osaa/pdf/au/afr_charter_rights_welfare_child_africa_1990.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405141000/https://www.un.org/en/africa/osaa/pdf/au/afr_charter_rights_welfare_child_africa_1990.pdf |date=2021-04-05 }}</ref> * [[American Convention on Human Rights]] (art. 20)<ref>{{Cite web|last=OAS|date=2009-08-01|title=OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development|url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/Basics/convention.asp|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.oas.org|language=en|archive-date=2021-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606202516/http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/Basics/convention.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man]] (art. 19)<ref>{{Cite web|last=OAS|date=2009-08-01|title=OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development|url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/Basics/declaration.asp|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.oas.org|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115162050/https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/Basics/declaration.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Arab Charter on Human Rights]] (art. 24)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Refworld {{!}} Arab Charter on Human Rights|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b38540.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Refworld|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102204129/https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b38540.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women]] (art. 9)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CEDAW.aspx|title=OHCHR | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women|access-date=2021-03-25|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119133430/http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/cedaw.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination]] (art. 5(d)(iii))<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CERD.aspx|title=OHCHR | International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination|access-date=2021-03-25|archive-date=2013-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029114322/http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CERD.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]] (art. 18)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convoptprot-e.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-03-25 |archive-date=2021-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408035457/https://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convoptprot-e.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Convention on the Rights of the Child]] (arts. 7 and 8)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx|title=OHCHR | Convention on the Rights of the Child|access-date=2021-03-25|archive-date=2015-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113092120/http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession]]<ref name="Full list"/> * [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] (art. 24(3))<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx|title=OHCHR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights|access-date=2021-03-25|archive-date=2020-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512032053/https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> * Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa ([[Maputo Protocol]]) (art. 6(g) and (h))<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/africa/osaa/pdf/au/protocol_rights_women_africa_2003.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-03-25 |archive-date=2021-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428145207/https://www.un.org/en/africa/osaa/pdf/au/protocol_rights_women_africa_2003.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] (art. 15)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nations|first=United|title=Universal Declaration of Human Rights|url=https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights|access-date=2021-03-25|website=United Nations|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316050452/https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights|url-status=live}}</ref>
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