South Africa: DGLR and Another vs. Minister of Home Affairs and Others
Published: 6/Sep/2016
Source: Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa
Court documents in a groundbreaking case in which the Supreme Court of Appeal confirmed that a stateless child born in South Africa had the right to South African citizenship.
Download files:
- Original High Court Order (confirmed at the Supreme Court)
- Appellant’s heads of argument
- Respondent’s heads of argument & chronology
- Order of the Supreme Court of Appeal
For more information about the case, see the the press release from Lawyers for Human Rights and profile of LHR’s statelessness project.