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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 4:30 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
I am curious what would be the constitutional court (or EU human rights) ruling for a post-2000 foreign-born child of German parent(s) when the child's German parent(s) failed to register the birth within the specified time frame due to death of the German parent(s). Denying the citizenship claim rights of a child due to parental inability, incapacitation or negligence seems like punishing the child for circumstances beyond the child's control.
EU human rights are certainly not involved if it comes to national citizenship. And deadlines are deadlines, this is pretty much the ruling of the German constitutional court.
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