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A new Privy Council decision, which determined that the children born out of wedlock to Bahamian men and foreign women are Bahamian citizens at birth, “marks an important step towards ensuring equal citizenship rights for all children, irrespective of their parents’ marital status”, Prime Minister Philip Davis said yesterday. “It is expected to impact the lives
In determining that all children born out of wedlock to foreign women and Bahamian men are citizens at birth, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has corrected what it determined was a misinterpretation of an important constitutional provision over the last 50 years, and dismissed as “absurd” certain arguments that were made on behalf
Attorney General Ryan Pinder yesterday demanded that the United Nations (UN) intervene in the ongoing Haiti crisis, warning that nearby states, including The Bahamas, are also being threatened by what he referred to as the worst political and humanitarian crisis to hit that nation in decades. Pinder, who was making his closing statement at the
In a major decision likely to have huge implications, the Privy Council has ruled that all children born out of wedlock to foreign women and Bahamian men are Bahamian citizens at birth. Up until this point, the constitution had been interpreted as providing a right to apply at age 18. In making this important ruling,
Pointing to the frequency with which legislation is amended, Attorney General Ryan Pinder said yesterday if laws are not revised from time to time and consolidated, it would be impossible for a practitioner and ordinary lay person to determine what the current law is. He was raising debate on the Law Reform and Revision Bill,