Third section

A. Admissibility
44. The parties did not comment on the admissibility of the complaint.

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45. The Court notes that it is neither manifestly ill-founded nor 
inadmissible on any other grounds listed in Article 35 of the Convention. It 
must therefore be declared admissible.
B. Merits
The parties’ submissions
(a) The Applicant
46. The applicant stated that the domestic law was unforeseeable in its 
application, because it did not provide for the annulment of a decision on 
citizenship for submitting incomplete information. That measure could only 
be applied if the information submitted was knowingly false.
47. He also stated that the interference with his rights had not been 
necessary in a democratic society owing to the authorities’ failure to duly 
take into account his family situation or explain their finding that he posed a 
threat to national security.