Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Natural Persons

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The Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Natural Persons is a regional treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that harmonizes rules on the acquisition, loss, and recognition of nationality among member countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international treaty ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
regional human rights instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy Member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ
linked to: OAS member states
adoptedWithin Organization of American States ⓘ
aimsTo harmonize nationality rules among OAS member states ⓘ
appliesTo natural persons ⓘ
bindingOn states that have ratified or acceded to it ⓘ
category OAS treaty ⓘ
public international law instrument ⓘ
treaty on nationality ⓘ
effectOnStates creates conventional obligations regarding nationality rules ⓘ
excludes legal persons ⓘ
interpretationGuidedBy general rules of treaty interpretation under international law ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain inter-American law ⓘ
international law ⓘ
nationality law ⓘ
objective promote legal certainty regarding nationality in the Americas ⓘ
protect individuals affected by changes in sovereignty or borders ⓘ
reduce conflicts of laws on nationality ⓘ
openTo member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ
partyType sovereign state ⓘ
principle avoidance of statelessness ⓘ
each state determines under its own law who are its nationals ⓘ
non-discrimination in nationality rules ⓘ
respect for other states' nationality laws ⓘ
region Americas ⓘ
regulates acquisition of nationality ⓘ
loss of nationality ⓘ
recognition of nationality ⓘ
recovery of nationality ⓘ
relatedInstrument Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Women ⓘ
relatedTo American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Organization of American States Charter ⓘ
requires ratification by signatory states to enter into force for them ⓘ
scope nationality of natural persons ⓘ
subjectMatter conflicts of nationality laws ⓘ
multiple nationality ⓘ
statelessness prevention ⓘ
system Inter-American human rights system ⓘ

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Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Natural Persons ⓘ
Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Natural Persons → relatedInstrument → Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Women ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Natural Persons