Right of Children belonging to Minorities to Nationality ,; A Look at the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Views and States’ Obligations

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1 Full Professor, Department of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Qom,

2 PhD Candidate in Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Qom

Abstract

The right to nationality is of such a significance which is called the right to have rights. The necessity to enjoy this right by children belonging to minorities has a vital character. Due to importance and necessity of RtN to children specifically those of minority groups, this paper which is conducted through a descriptive-analytic method and desk research, aims at analyzing the right of children belonging to minority to nationality in light of views of the Committee on Rights of the Child (CRC) as well as examining the obligations of States in this regard. Based on the findings of the research, according to CRC, enjoying RtN has a pivotal role in the enjoyment by the child of other human rights. The main obligations of the States toward the right of minority children to nationality are: determining the status of these children in policy priorities, reforming discriminative citizenship laws, identifying the exact place of the necessary funding to grant nationality to this group of children in the budget bill and receive assistance from civil society organizations affiliated with the government and located in minority-populated regions .It appears that, while taking into account the security considerations of States, legally and ethically and because of the very significant question of internal development and stability, one of the necessary measures to be taken in minority-populated regions is to revise the discriminative and exclusive policies related to nationality and to maximize granting the States’ nationality to minority population in general and the children in particular.

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Comparative Studies on Islamic and Western Law

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Available Online from 25 June 2025

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