Abstract

Nationality is a document of great importance for both the individual and the state alike. It is the basic criterion by which a distinction is made between a national and a foreigner, and this distinction is of clear importance with regard to the rights and obligations imposed by law, which differ between a national and a foreigner. The principle of belonging to a particular state has become a necessity for every individual required by his human existence, and this can only be accomplished by obtaining nationality, which is a tool for obtaining his natural rights to enjoy the inherent privileges without which his life is not upright, so international organizations have drawn attention to the importance of nationality as a right The United Nations issued the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, which affirmed that “nationality is one of the rights necessary for the life of the individual as a human being,” and stipulated it among the basic rights guaranteed by the Charter, so that Article of it stipulated that “everyone has the right to obtaining of any nationality.