The comment regards the issues of statelessness and citizenship revocation as discussed by the British judges. In the case of Pham, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a suspected terrorist’s appeal which held that Pham was a Vietnamese national at the time the Home Secretary deprived him of his British citizenship. The key issue for the court was whether the British Nationality Act 1981 prevented the Home Secretary from depriving Pham of British citizenship because making an order of that nature would cause him to become stateless. In the Supreme Court, Pham argued that the deprivation decision was disproportionate and unlawful under EU law. However, the court did not find it necessary to resolve the dispute about EU law. The judgment emphasizes the British Government’s powers to revoke the citizenship right to fight terrorism; however the Court defines a space of discussion about issues of EU law and its relation with domestic law by showing the increasing role of judges in the British form of government.
La pronuncia della Corte suprema del Regno Unito relativa al caso Pham è di notevole interesse in ordine all’individuazione dell’apolidia quale principale strumento di opposizione alle misure governative britanniche di revoca della cittadinanza adottate per ragioni di sicurezza nazionale. Per comprenderne appieno la portata, il saggio muove dall’analisi del percorso normativo e giurisprudenziale britannico sul tema.La pronuncia Pham, che costituisce l'epilogo di tale percorso, attesta senza dubbio che, in tema di revoca della cittadinanza, l’orientamento della Corte non è stato univoco; pur tuttavia, il tema in oggetto costituisce terreno fecondo di analisi del mutamento dell’equilibrio tra poteri sul versante interno nonché della permeabilità dell’ordinamento britannico agli ordinamenti stranieri, sovranazionale e internazionale, contribuendo a delineare un orientamento giurisprudenziale costante e incrementale.
La Corte suprema del Regno Unito su revoca della cittadinanza e sicurezza nazionale: il caso Pham
MARTINO, Pamela
2016-01-01
Abstract
The comment regards the issues of statelessness and citizenship revocation as discussed by the British judges. In the case of Pham, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a suspected terrorist’s appeal which held that Pham was a Vietnamese national at the time the Home Secretary deprived him of his British citizenship. The key issue for the court was whether the British Nationality Act 1981 prevented the Home Secretary from depriving Pham of British citizenship because making an order of that nature would cause him to become stateless. In the Supreme Court, Pham argued that the deprivation decision was disproportionate and unlawful under EU law. However, the court did not find it necessary to resolve the dispute about EU law. The judgment emphasizes the British Government’s powers to revoke the citizenship right to fight terrorism; however the Court defines a space of discussion about issues of EU law and its relation with domestic law by showing the increasing role of judges in the British form of government.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.