Title CASE OF ALPEYEVA AND DZHALAGONIYA v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 7549/09 and 33330/11)
Publisher Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights
Publication Date 12 June 2018
Country Russian Federation
Topics Passports | Statelessness
Citation / Document Symbol ECLI:CE:ECHR:2018:0612JUD000754909
Cite as CASE OF ALPEYEVA AND DZHALAGONIYA v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 7549/09 and 33330/11) , ECLI:CE:ECHR:2018:0612JUD000754909 , Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 12 June 2018, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,ECHR,5b20ffb74.html [accessed 6 October 2022]
Comments Due to the authorities mishandling of procedures related to the granting of citizenship, the applicants had found themselves not only in a situation comparable to that in the Smirnova case, but also faced consequences affecting their social identity far more fundamentally as they had been deprived of any legal status in Russia. They had become stateless persons and remained so until 2010 and 2013 respectively. It had taken the authorities from 2007 until 2013 for the general problem to be solved. Since the authorities’ oversight had resulted in consequences for the applicants so severely affecting their private life, it amounted to an arbitrary interference. The authorities had thus failed to act diligently.
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