nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230316-185155-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230316s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230316-185155-0 doi eng 342 23 Prabhat, Devyani Author aut The Begum Case: Why Ministerial Discretion Precludes Human Rights Issues Prabhat, Devyani Verfassungsblog 2023-03-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In recent years, cancellation of British citizenship has become a high-profile issue. This is not least because of the case of Shamima Begum, who left the UK as a 15-year-old British schoolgirl for Syria in 2015. Upon being found in a camp in Syria four years ago, the Home Secretary removed her British citizenship soon thereafter, leaving her de facto stateless. After protracted litigation surrounding a number of preliminary issues, three weeks ago, Begum lost her appeal against the decision in front of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission’s (SIAC). The Commission’s refusal to allow her appeal is remarkable for the nearly unlimited degree of discretion it appears to grant the Home Secretary in cancellation cases, even where human rights are at stake. CC BY-SA 4.0 Deprivation of Citizenship executive powers Ministerial Discretion National Security Shamima Begum Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-begum-case-why-ministerial-discretion-precludes-human-rights-issues/ raw object