Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Citizenship Rights and DeSouza Judgment: Discussion

Professor Colin Harvey:

Absolutely, and as the Irish Government has made clear, the British Government is misreading the Good Friday Agreement. In that context, entirely understandably, people have tried to point out quite rightly the impact on Emma's and Jake's human rights in relation to the approach that has been adopted, and the human rights and human dignity of people affected by this, that is, of having a nationality conferred on them against their wishes, given this international legal right to choose.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.