Authority: UN Committee for Human Rights

Date: 12/28/2020

Subject: The decision of the United Nations Committee for Human Rights, according to which the Netherlands violated the rights of a child by indicating, in the civil state registry, his nationality as unknown (“nationality unknown”) and therefore depriving him of the international protection granted by Dutch law to children registered as stateless

Parties: The Netherlands

Original language: English

Classification: Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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