Summary

The Convention on the Nationality of Married Women was established to address conflicts in nationality laws arising from provisions that dictated changes in a woman's nationality due to marriage, divorce, or her husband's change of nationality during marriage. It grants women the right to adopt their husband's nationality based on their own choice but does not impose this requirement.

Aligned with Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention upholds the principles that "everyone has a right to a nationality" and that "no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality nor denied the right to change their nationality."

Source: United Nations (Document Source)

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