The child’s right to a nationality in Kenya under the Children Act of 2022

Abstract

Every child’s right to a nationality is well entrenched in the internationalhuman rights legal framework. The Children Act of 2022 safeguards theright of a child to a name and nationality and adopts preventive measuresprotecting children from statelessness. This paper examines first, theextent to which the Act’s provisions on the child’s right to a name andnationality aligns with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and theAfrican Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. It later assesseswhether the Act has sufficient safeguards against the deprivation of achild’s nationality as provided for under international law.