- 1 result found
- 2016
- Standard of proof
- Netherlands
- Clear
Court name: Council of State of the Netherlands
State: Netherlands
Date of decision:
Key aspects: Acquisition of nationality, Burden of proof, Standard of proof, State succession, Statelessness determination
Applicant was born in Macedonia and lived in the Netherlands for 38 years. His path to naturalisation was inhibited by the registration of his nationality status as "unknown" in the municipal records, which he requested to change to "stateless", arguing that he has never acquired the Macedonian nationality. The Council of State sided with the municipality that denied the request, maintaining that it has not been "irrefutably established" that the applicant is not a Macedonian national. The judgment refers to the Dutch legislative initiative on the statelessness determination, implying that it is needed, and that the municipal registry is not a statelessness determination procedure.