Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts England and Wales Court of Appeal

Date: 07/23/2021

Subject: The decision of the England and Wales Court of Appeal, in which the Court annuls the denial by the competent national authority to the mother’s request of passport for her three under-age children, who are British nationals but resident in an extra EU Country, where the parental responsibility is recognized only to the father: the Court also found the national legislation of the extra-EU Country discriminatory on grounds of gender, pursuant to the combination of articles 8 and 14 of the ECHR

Parties: SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT -and- (1) GA (2) – (5) QA, RA, SA and ZA (Children, by GA as litigation friend)

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Art. 23 Equality between men and women

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