Phillip Lühl

14 Oct

High court grants citizenship to children of LGBTQ+ parents

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Tujoromajo Kasuto High Court Judge, Thomas Masuku, today granted citizenship to the son of Namibian, Phillip Lühl, and husband Guillermo Delgado, Yona, who was born via surrogacy in South Africa. Such ruling may essentially be in favor of their twin daughters Paula and Maya, who are also seek Namibian citizenship. Judge Masuku also dismissed the counter application brought by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, in which the ministry had claimed that a paternity test was needed to prove Lühl’ s biological linkage to his son. The ministry has been ordered to pay the costs of the applicants and…

Lühl’s citizenship court case postponed

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Tujoromajo Kasuto Judgment in the case of a Namibian citizen, Phillip Lühl, against the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) on the discrimination of the right to citizenship for children of LGBTQ+ parents, has been post postponed to 13 October 2021. Lühl is requesting the High Court to declare that his son, born in 2019, through surrogacy in South Africa, a Namibian citizen by descent. However, the MHAISS is denying citizenship without proof of genetic linkage. Lühl states that, “the only reason why the Ministry of Home Affairs [is] refusing to accept the birth certificate is the…