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There is no obligation for any state to issue citizenship to anyone, unfortunately.
by throwaway2048 5y ago
There is no obligation for any state to issue citizenship to anyone, unfortunately.
- martinflack 5y agoThere are UN conventions[1][2] on statelessness that do require the bound parties to provide citizenship under very narrow conditions, essentially to avoid a stateless person. IANAL so I don't know if they apply in this type of example. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Stateless_Persons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Sta... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Reduction_of_Statelessness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Reduction_of...
- throwaway2048 5y agoNot only have most states not signed this, there is no meaningful penalty for ignoring it.
- s_dev 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Stateless_Persons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Sta...