Ms Chen, a Chinese national travelled to Belfast in order to give birth to her daughter Catherine on the island of Ireland (i.e. in Northern Ireland or the Republic). The child was immediately registered as an Irish citizen as provided for under the Irish Constitution as it then stood. The family wished to reside in the UK but was refused … Read More
Case C-200/02 – Zhu & Chen v Secretary of State for the Home Department
| Respondent/Defendant: | Secretary of State for the Home Department |
| Court/s: | ECJ |
| Citation/s: | [2004] ECR I-9925 |
| Judgment Date/s: | 19 Oct 2004 |
| Category: | EU Treaty Rights |
| Keywords: | Child, EU Treaty Rights, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Free Movement, Freedom of Movement (Right to), Residence Permit |
| Country of Origin: | China |
| URL: | http://curia.europa.eu/juris/showPdf.jsf?text=&docid=49231&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=216473 |
| Principles: | A Member State cannot deny residency to the mother of a child with citizenship in that Member State as to do so would be contrary to that child’s interests and contrary to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. |