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Citizenship And Birth Act
The World Assembly,
Affirming that all children, at birth, should be granted the privilege of citizenship in a nation,
Further Affirming that children, at birth, should not be deemed stateless due to the location of their birth,
Understanding that the location and time at which a childbirth occurs is natural and unpredictable, and
Furthermore Realizing that children are intermittently born in a nation that their parents are neither citizens nor residents of, or in which they are residents but not citizens,
Concerned that no legislation currently exists regarding the citizenship of such children,
Noting that this body has already taken action to reduce statelessness in GA Resolution #386, "Reducing Statelessness" in order to prevent member states from arbitrarily retracting citizenships or making individuals stateless,
Therefore Believing that the issue of foreign birth must be addressed in the form of international legislation,
Declares the following:
- 1. Jus Sanguinis shall be defined as a form of nationality law in which citizenship is determined by the nationality of the mother and/or father.
2. Jus Soli shall be defined as a form of nationality law in which citizenship is determined by the location in which birth occurs, regardless of the parents' nationality.
3. All children, regardless of their location of birth, shall be awarded citizenship in all nations in which their mother is a citizen.
4. If the mother has an unknown identity, is stateless, or fits any other criteria that doesn't allow citizenship in any nation to be passed down to the child, the child shall be awarded citizenship in all nations in which their father is a citizen.
- b. If the father also has an unknown identity, is stateless, or fits any other criteria that doesn't allow citizenship in any nation to be passed down to the child, Jus Soli will be instituted as a last resort.
6. All twins, triplets, etc. born in the same period of labor must be assigned the same citizenship(s).
7. Nations may institute a policy in which children are also awarded their father's citizenship(s), but only in the following circumstance:
- a. If the nation in which the mother is a citizen allows dual citizenship, and the nation in which the father is a citizen has decided to institute such a policy, then the child shall also attain the citizenship(s) of the father.
- a. If the nation in which the mother is a citizen allows dual citizenship, and the nation in which the child was born has decided to institute such a policy, then the child shall also attain the citizenship(s) of the father.