Acknowledgement of paternity and the Netherlands Nationality Act

The Netherlands Nationality Act also gives minor children improved status in the granting of Dutch nationality by means of naturalisation.

The Act contains provisions which entail discrimination on the basis of nationality.

The Committee commends the entry into force of the Act of 24 July 2001 amending the Luxembourg Nationality Act of 22 February 1968 by easing the conditions for obtaining Luxembourg nationality.

The Netherlands Nationality Act (RWN) underwent radical change as from 1 April 2003.

The status of a Syrian woman whose husband changes his Syrian nationality is clarified in article 11 of the Nationality Act, which states that

The Netherlands Nationality Act was also amended when the Adoption (Conflict of Laws) Act ( the WCAD') entered into effect on 1 January 2004.

Under the Netherlands Nationality Act, a person above the age of eighteen who is acknowledged as the child of an Aruban does not immediately acquire Dutch nationality.

Ms. Mboga (Gabon) said that the Act introducing the new Nationality Code had now been adopted.

Ms. Azouri (Lebanon) said that nationality in Lebanon was governed by Decree No. 15 of 19 January 1925 as amended by the Nationality Act of 11 January 1960.

Under this Act, women now have equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality.

Various discriminatory articles in the Nationality Act, the Penal Code and the Personal Status Act that confirm the gap with the Constitution and the Convention

In January 1983, when the British Nationality Act came into force, St. Helenians had their citizenship rights taken away.

On 30 March 2004, a memorandum was submitted to the People's Assembly (Parliament) for amendment of the Nationality Act

A petition was signed by thousands of citizens, both male and female, to support amendment of the Nationality Act.

63. Members urged the Government to review its Nationality Act of 1961 with a view to eliminating gender discrimination.

Article 6 of Law No. 149 (Nationality Act of 1992) provides that Nicaraguans, whether male or female, who are married to aliens shall retain their nationality even if they acquire the nationality of their spouse in accordance with the law of the spouse's country, provided that they do not expressly renounce their Nicaraguan nationality.

Together with the Syrian Women's League, it also held a listening session on the Nationality Act on 17 June 2004.

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The Pakistan Citizenship Act 1951 was amended to give children of Pakistani women married to foreigners the right to Pakistani nationality.

Multiple nationality and claim against a State of nationality

That the Lebanese nationality, the Arab nationality of Zahle

Spanish nationality.

Nationality Nigerian

Nationality Pakistani

Nationality Nigerian

Nationality Canadian

Nationality Swedish

Nationality German

Nationality law

Nationality Code

Nationality Law

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Nationality Pakistani

Nationality Nigerian.

Nationality Cuban

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A woman with Dutch nationality cannot be forced to relinquish her nationality if her spouse acquires another nationality.

Under the British Nationality Act of 1981, British Overseas Territories citizens from Gibraltar are, upon application, entitled to be registered as British citizens.

The work currently under way for the removal of this reservation and amendment of the Nationality Act has now reached its final stages.

On Tuesday, 16 March, Armin Friedrich Wertz, an independent journalist of German nationality, agreed to act as driver for a fee of 100.

Presumption of nationality

Article 9 Nationality