Diplomatic Protection PART ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 Definition and scope For the purposes of the present draft articles, diplomatic protection consists of the invocation by a State, through diplomatic action or other means of peaceful settlement, of the responsibility of another State for an injury caused by an internationally wrongful act of that State to a natural or legal person that is a national of the former State with a view to the implementation of such responsibility. Article 2 Right to exercise diplomatic protection A State has the right to exercise diplomatic protection in accordance with the present draft articles. PART TWO NATIONALITY CHAPTER I GENERAL PRINCIPLES Article 3 Protection by the State of nationality 1. The State entitled to exercise diplomatic protection is the State of nationality. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, diplomatic protection may be exercised by a State in respect of a person that is not its national in accordance with draft article 8. CHAPTER II NATURAL PERSONS Article 4 State of nationality of a natural person For the purposes of the diplomatic protection of a natural person, a State of nationality means a State whose nationality that person has acquired, in accordance with the law of that State, by birth, descent, naturalization, succession of States or in any other manner, not inconsistent with international law. Article 5 Continuous nationality of a natural person 1. A State is entitled to exercise diplomatic protection in respect of a person who was a national of that State continuously from the date of injury to the date of the official presentation of the claim. Continuity is presumed if that nationality existed at both these dates. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, a State may exercise diplomatic protection in respect of a person who is its national at the date of the official presentation of the claim but was not a national at the date of injury, provided that the person had the nationality of a predecessor State or lost his or her previous nationality and acquired, for a reason unrelated to the bringing of the claim, the nationality of the former State in a manner not inconsistent with international law.