Facts The applicant was an Algerian national who had been granted a certificate of naturalisation but subsequently pleaded guilty in the United States to a charge of materially assisting in an Islamist terrorist conspiracy. The Minister subsequently issued a proposal to revoke the applicant’s naturalisation on the basis that he had failed in his duty of loyalty and fidelity to … Read More
Damache v Minister for Justice
Damache v Minister for Justice
| Respondent/Defendant: | Minister for Justice |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2019] IEHC 444 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 31 May 2019 |
| Judge: | Humphreys R |
| Category: | Citizenship |
| Keywords: | Citizenship, Citizenship (Loss of), Naturalisation |
| Country of Origin: | Algeria |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/790861e8-22ef-44de-9e1b-8401147bed00/2019_IEHC_444_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Principles: | Section 19 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 was not unconstitutional or incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. |