Global Caselaw Database on Statelessness
The Global Caselaw Database on Statelessness was established to strengthen access to jurisprudence on nationality, statelessness, and related human rights issues. It provides a practical resource for lawyers, academics, advocates, and decision-makers, complementing UNHCR and the Open Society Justice Initiative’s ‘Litigating the Right to Nationality: A Guide for Practitioners’ by bringing together decisions from courts and tribunals across different jurisdictions.
The database covers judgments that address statelessness directly, such as where the applicant is stateless or at risk of statelessness.
The Global Caselaw Database on Statelessness is an evolving tool and new cases will be added incrementally.
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This initiative has been made possible with the support of UNHCR, the European Network on Statelessness, and Mallesons.
5 cases found
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Andrejeva v. Latvia
Date of decision: 18 February 2009
Region/country: Europe / Latvia
The Court rejected the preliminary objections concerning victim status and jurisdiction, finding that the Government had lodged each inadmissibility complaint out of time according to the Rules of the Court. These objections were also dismissed on substantive grounds, with the Court holding that the Applicant’s situation remained unchanged despite the passing of the 2008 Latvia–Russia agreement, and consequently that her status as a victim under…
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East African Asians v The United Kingdom
Date of decision: 14 December 1973
Region/country: Europe / United Kingdom
The Commission considered that the six applications brought by British protected persons must be distinguished from the 25 cases of CUKCs as British protected persons, according to English law, are not British subjects and remained subject to immigration control under the 1962 Act. The Commission held that the legislation was not discriminatory and did not constitute ‘degrading treatment’ under Article 3 in relation to British…
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Kurić and Others v. Slovenia
Date of decision: 26 June 2012
Region/country: Europe / Slovenia
On Preliminary Objections On victim status, the Grand Chamber held that although Slovenia had acknowledged the breach of the Applicants’ rights and issued residence permits to six Applicants, this did not constitute ‘appropriate’ and ‘sufficient’ redress given the ‘widespread human-rights concern created by the ‘erasure’’ and the consequences for these Applicants over a nearly twenty-year period (paragraph 267). The Grand Chamber added that no compensatory…
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Mazin Adil Ali Deng and Others v. Ministry of Interior and Another
Date of decision: 10 August 2016
Region/country: North Africa / Sudan
The Constitutional Court unanimously ruled in favour of the Applicants (7 judges agreeing). The Court held that Article 7(2) of the 2005 Interim National Constitution clearly states, ‘Every person born to a Sudanese mother or father shall have an inalienable right to enjoy Sudanese nationality.’ The court emphasized that the word ‘or’ provides alternative grounds for nationality. The Court invoked Article 3 of the Constitution…
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Sisojeva and Others v. Latvia
Date of decision: 15 January 2007
Region/country: Europe / Latvia
The Grand Chamber’s assessment proceeded from the Chamber's 2005 judgment, which had found a violation of Article 8. The Court began by emphasising the subsidiary nature of the Convention system and addressed the Applicants’ claim that domestic law governing the Applicants’ residence entitlements had been wrongly applied. It reiterated that its role under Article 19 of the Convention is limited to ensuring compliance with the…
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This initiative has been made possible with the support of UNHCR, the European Network on Statelessness, and Mallesons.