19.05.2003|Court Documents|Administrative Petition

AP (Jerusalem) 783/03 - Ziyad et al. v. The Minister of Interior et al. Petition for Order Nisi

A petition of HaMoked to put in order the status of a 25–year-old male, the son of an Israeli resident, who, due to neglect by his parents, was not given an identifying number close to his birth. The Respondents refused to grant a family unification application that his brother submitted for him, or an application to grant him status in Israel; thus he is denied any status both in Israel, despite his link thereto, and in all other countries around the world. The Petitioner is frequently arrested by the armed forces, but they have not found any place to which they can deport him. As a result of an action that HaMoked filed with the Family Court, the Court determined, in a declaratory judgment, that the Petitioner is a resident of Jerusalem; however the Respondents nevertheless denied his family union application without a hearing and without giving any reasons. The petition asserts a violation of the Petitioner's dignity as a person, his social rights, and his right to freedom of occupation and freedom of movement.