Examples of State succession in a sentence
The State concerned shall take all appropriate measures to prevent persons who, at the time of the State succession, had the nationality of the predecessor State, from becoming stateless as a result of the succession.
A predecessor State shall not withdraw its nationality from its nationals who have not acquired the nationality of a successor State and who would otherwise become stateless as a result of the State succession.
A State concerned shall grant its nationality at birth to a child born following State succession on its territory to a parent who, at the time of State succession, had the nationality of the predecessor State if that child would otherwise be stateless.
A State concerned shall facilitate the acquisition of its nationality by persons lawfully and habitually residing on its territory who, despite Articles 5 and 6, are stateless as a result of the State succession.
Everyone who, at the time of the State succession, had the nationality of the predecessor State and who has or would become stateless as a result of the State succession has the right to the nationality of a State concerned, in accordance with the following articles.
Article 10 addresses the specific context of State succession and asks States to include provisions to ensure the prevention of statelessness in any treaty dealing with the transfer of territory.
As explained above, the context of State succession must not be ignored in determining who is responsible for the human rights violations in the present case.
Sözen, Ahmet & Özersay Kudret, ‘The Annan Plan: State succession or continuity?’, pp.
Whether the citizenship of another country was obtained at birth, by naturalization or by State succession is of no consequence provided it is within the control of an applicant to obtain it.
In the context of State succession, the positive obligations of the respondent States on the basis of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 were twofold.