Human Rights Council Resolution 7/10. Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, Guided also by article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, according to which everyone has the right to a nationality and no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality, Reaffirming its decision 2/111 of 27 November 2006, as well as all previous resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights on the issue of human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality, in particular resolution 2005/45 of 19 April 2005, Recognizing the right of States to establish laws governing the acquisition, renunciation or loss of nationality, in accordance with international law, and noting that the issue of statelessness is already under consideration by the General Assembly within the broad issue of State succession, Noting the relevant provisions of international human rights instruments and instruments on statelessness and nationality, inter alia, article 5, paragraph (d) (iii) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; article 24, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; articles 7 and 8 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; articles 1 to 3 of the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women; article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,