Court name: Administrative Jurisdiction Division from the Council of State
State: Netherlands
Date of decision:
Legal instruments: 1954 Statelessness Convention, 1961 Statelessness Convention
Key aspects: Determination/confirmation of nationality, Standard of proof, State succession, Statelessness determination
Request to have nationality changed from "unknown" to "stateless" denied, as it cannot be ruled out that the applicant's father has Macedonian nationality. Applicant did not provide enough evidence to determine statelessness.
Court name: UK Supreme Court
State: United Kingdom
Date of decision:
Legal instruments: 1954 Statelessness Convention, 1961 Statelessness Convention
Key aspects: Deprivation of nationality, Determination/confirmation of nationality, Statelessness determination
An appeal as to whether the Secretary of State was precluded under the British Nationality Act 1981 from making an order depriving the appellant of British citizenship because to do so would render him stateless.