Case Law

On 2 October 2018, the Supreme Court of Ukraine issued a decision allowing the payment of benefits upon birth after the delay for application to such benefits expired. Referring to the Convention of the Rights of the Child, the Court highlighted that this assistance is granted for the benefit of the child per se in order to ensure that he/she has access to proper material support. Therefore, the parent(s) [objective] impossibility of timely application for such benefits leads to a violation of the rights of the child.

2 October 2018 | Judicial Body: Ukraine: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Right to registration at birth - Ukrainians | Countries: Ukraine

15 April 2013 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Children's rights - Right to a nationality - Right to registration at birth | Countries: Colombia - Venezuela

22 March 2011 | Judicial Body: African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Citizenship / Nationality law - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Right to a nationality - Right to registration at birth - Statelessness | Countries: Kenya

30 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Christian - Falun Gong - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to registration at birth - Social group persecution - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - China

6 July 2007 | Judicial Body: Malaysia: High Court of Malaya | Topic(s): Multiple nationality - Right to registration at birth | Countries: Malaysia

25 August 2005 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Children's rights - Right to a nationality - Right to health - Right to registration at birth | Countries: Colombia - Venezuela

3 June 2005 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Consejo de Estado | Topic(s): Children's rights - Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) - Migrant rights - Passports - Right to a nationality - Right to registration at birth - Visas | Countries: Colombia

1 April 2004 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Consejo de Estado | Topic(s): Proof of nationality - Right to registration at birth | Countries: Colombia

10 October 2002 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Consejo de Estado | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Constitutional law - Right to a nationality - Right to registration at birth | Countries: Colombia

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18 April 2002 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Children's rights - Right to registration at birth | Countries: Colombia