والاستنتاج نفسه ينطبق على البروتوكول الاختياري الثاني، الذي أغفلت صياغته عمدا شرط النقض.
It is not limited to nationality in a formal sense, that is, nationality acquired at birth or by conferral; it embraces, at the very least, an individual who, because of his or her special ties to or claims in relation to a given country, cannot be considered to be a mere alien.