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https://www.unhcr.org/media/1961-convention-reduction-statelessness
A Contracting State shall grant its nationality to a person born in its terri-
tory who would otherwise be stateless. Such nationality shall be granted:
(a) at birth, by operation of law, or
(b) upon an application being lodged with the appropriate authority, by
or on behalf of the person concerned, in the manner prescribed by the
national law. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, no
such application may be rejected.
Currently 82 states are parties to the convention.
The United States refused to join the convention to maintain the right to voluntarily renounce citizenship when that voluntary renunciation makes a person stateless. The convention bans that practice, because being stateless seriously inhibits a person's ability to work, live, and travel in most countries.