Poland - Supreme Administrative Court, case II OSK 2052/13

Court name: Supreme Administrative Court
State: Poland
Date of decision:
Key aspects: Acquisition of nationality, Determination/confirmation of nationality

The Polish Supreme Administrative Court decided that according to the law of Israel, a Jewish Polish national who settled back to Israel during World War II obtained Israeli nationality even before the enactment of the Israeli Nationality Act of 1952. As a consequence, under Polish law, that person may have lost its Polish nationality under the Polish Citizenship Act from 20 January 1920.

Poland - Supreme Administrative Court, case II OSK 894/14

Court name: Supreme Administrative Court
State: Poland
Date of decision:
Legal instruments: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Key aspects: Acquisition of nationality, Birth registration, Childhood statelessness, Determination/confirmation of nationality

The applicant is a Polish national, whose son was born in Belarus to a mother who is a national of Belarus. The applicant was originally not mentioned as a father on the birth certificate, but established his paternity through a court order in Poland, unfortunately missing the 12-months deadline since the birth of his son to be able to claim Polish nationality for his son. The Court comments on the applicability of Article 24 ICCPR, stating that it is not applicable since the child acquired Belarusian nationality, and implying that if the child would have been stateless Article 24 ICCPR may have resulted in an interpretation of the Polish law so as to remedy the child's statelessness.