Open Society Justice Initiative: Justice Initiative Welcomes First UN Human Rights Committee Ruling on the Right to Nationality for Children
January 09, 2021
January 09, 2021
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 -- The Open Society Justice Initiative issued the following news release:
The UN Human Rights Committee has found, in the case of Zhao v. Netherlands, that the Netherlands violated the rights of a child, Denny Zhao, by assigning him the status of "unknown" nationality when his birth in the country was registered. This is the Committee's first ruling on article 24(3) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on the right to a natio . . .
The UN Human Rights Committee has found, in the case of Zhao v. Netherlands, that the Netherlands violated the rights of a child, Denny Zhao, by assigning him the status of "unknown" nationality when his birth in the country was registered. This is the Committee's first ruling on article 24(3) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on the right to a natio . . .