citizenship – World Justice News

US Grammy winner Ciara becomes citizen of Benin under new slavery descendants law

July 30, 2025 World Justice News 0

US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering nationality to the descendants of slaves. In an Instagram post the Grammy award-winner […]

Aboriginal Australians born overseas cannot be deported, court rules

February 11, 2020 World Justice News 0

Australia’s High Court has said Aboriginal people hold a special status under the law so cannot be deported – even if they are not citizens. The ruling is being seen as a historic moment for […]

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Two dead as violence intensifies in India

December 13, 2019 World Justice News 0

At least two people have died in clashes with Indian police in the north-eastern state of Assam, officials said. Police said the two had been caught in crossfire in the city of Guwahati where thousands […]

Trump administration sues California over ‘sanctuary’ laws

March 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against California over its laws that extend protections to people living in the US illegally. The department said three state laws, which bar police from asking […]

Brexit: Britons’ citizenship case to be taken to European court

February 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is to be questioned on whether British people have rights to EU citizenship after Brexit. A Dutch judge has agreed to take the issue to the court following a […]

Will the (US) Supreme Court Defend Citizenship?

May 2, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Very few Americans have heard of Afroyim v. Rusk, a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case on citizenship, but all Americans can perhaps be grateful for it. Most of the Court’s landmark decisions are famous for […]

New Judgment: R (Johnson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 56

October 19, 2016 zoshinuk 0

On appeal from: [2016] EWCA Civ 22 An appeal has been unanimously allowed by the Supreme Court in a case that considered whether it was contrary to the ECHR to deport the appellant on the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]

Human Rights

The British Renters’ Rights Act comes into force – what it means for tenants and landlords

May 1, 2026 0

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May 2026. The Renters’ Rights Act aims to give more stability […]