CONVENTION ON THE NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN, 1957

CONVENTION ON THE NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN, 1957

NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN

The general assembly of the united nation had adopted the convention ON THE NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN, 1957, notably, the commission expressed concern regarding the determination of nationality of married women in the context of marriage and its dissolution. Consequently a commission prepared draft of the convention in 1957, which was adopted by general assembly of the united nation and was called the convention of the nationality of women, 1957.

Various committees were undertaken by the contracting parties. Briefly these are as under-

NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN

1)    Article 1- neither the celebration nor the dissolution of a marriage between one of its nationals and an alien, nor the change of nationality by the husband during marriage, shall automatically, and shall affect the nationality of the wife.

NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN

2)    Article 2- neither the voluntary acquisition of the nationality of another state nor the renunciations of it nationality by one of its nationals shall prevent the retention of its nationality by the wife of such national.

3)    Article 3- the alien wife of one of its national may, at her request, acquires the nationality of her husband through specially privileged naturalization procedures. However the grant   of such nationality may be subjected to such limitation as may be imposed in the interest of national security or public policy.

NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN

4)    Article 3,para 2- the present convention shall not be construed as affecting legislation or judicial practice by which the alien of one of its national may, at her request, acquire her husbands nationality as a matter of rights.