ISIS bride Shamina Begum has been stripped of her British citizenship by Home Secretary Savid Javid.
The 19-year-old Londoner travelled to Syria with two friends in 2015 to support the ISIS campaign to establish an Islamic Caliphate.
Compelling
However, solicitor and child law expert Dr Geoffrey Shannon has commented this morning that the case will raise compelling human rights issues.
Begum gave birth to an infant son in the past week and legal observers believe that her infant child has human rights that need to be considered.
“If it were the case that the infant child were returned to the UK, significant human rights issues could be engaged,” said Dr Geoffrey Shannon.
Britain has not yet left EU
He referred to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and said that given that Britain has not yet left the EU at this moment, it is still subject to its provisions.
“Article 8 provides for a right to respect for one’s private and family life.
“That right cannot be interfered with unless in accordance with law and necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security,” Dr Shannon pointed out.
“If the infant child is returned, the UK Home Office may well be subject to litigation in the UK courts in that lawyers on behalf of Shamima Begum might argue that the child has a right to the society of his mother and the revocation of citizenship has deprived the infant of this right,” he said.
He pointed out that Begum’s lawyers may argue that the citizenship revocation might not be proportionate having regard to the rights of her son.
Borders
“While every jurisdiction has the right to control its borders, it must do so having regard to core human rights values,” he said.
In her initial interview with the London Times earlier this week, the teenager said that she was not upset by the sight of a severed head in a bin.
The world scoop depicted Begum’s lack of repentance for her actions while she also insisted on her right to return to Britain to live a “quiet life” with her new-born son.