- 2 results found
- Discrimination
- Luxembourg
- Clear
Court name: Administrative Court of Luxembourg
State: Luxembourg
Date of decision:
Legal instruments: 1954 Statelessness Convention, 1961 Statelessness Convention
Key aspects: Discrimination, Exclusion grounds, Stateless status and documentation, Statelessness and asylum, Statelessness determination
The applicant is a stateless Palestinian from Lebanon, who was denied statelessness status recognition as he was found to fall under the exclusion grounds of the 1954 Convention, even after leaving the territory under UNRWA mandate.
Court name: Administrative Court of Luxembourg
State: Luxembourg
Date of decision:
Legal instruments: 1997 European Convention on Nationality, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
The applicant's naturalisation request was denied due to a criminal record, even though he has resided in Luxembourg for decades and is a stateless person. The Court rules that the principle of avoidance of statelessness does not prevent States from setting conditions on access to naturalisation even for stateless persons.