South Korean Court Rules Denying Birth Registration to Foreign-Born Children Unconstitutional
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has declared current laws unconstitutional for failing to guarantee birth registration rights to children born to foreign nationals in the country. The ruling mandates legislative reforms to ensure all residents receive official documentation regardless of parental citizenship status.
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Foreign children born in Korea must be allowed birth registration, court rules
South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that children born in the country must have access to birth registration regardless of nationality or immigration status, finding lawmakers’ failure to create such a system unconstitutional. “The legislative omission of provisions allowing foreign nationals born in Korea to register their births under Korean law is unconstitutional,” the court said in a unanimous decision. The case was brought by a Vietnamese man and his daughter, who challenged
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