Ratification for International Instruments

South Africa scores 9,5 out of 15,5 for ratification of international instruments relevant to the right to a nationality. South Africa’s score, high with regards to most human rights instruments, is brought down by the fact that it has not signed or ratified two of the most relevant international instruments -- the 1954 UN Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Despite having pledged to sign both conventions in 2011, South Africa has not followed through on this pledge. In 2019 at the High-Level Segment on Statelessness in Geneva, South Africa did not use the opportunity to sign the conventions, nor to make additional pledges toward the eradication of statelessness in SADC.