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Paragraph 110
 

In contrast to the current wording of Article 50, the new Article 50 par 2 now permits the deprivation of citizenship and denial of the right to change one’s citizenship in cases and following procedures set out in law. Under international law, States have broad discretion in the granting and withdrawal of citizenship as it is generally recognized that it is up to each state to determine who its nationals are (see also par 74 supra on loss of citizenship of judges). At the same time, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948 lays down in its Article 15 that "[e]veryone has the right to a nationality. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality".