Namibia | Mixed court ruling for same-sex couple
mambaonline.comPhillip Lühl and his husband Guillermo Delgado outside the Namibia Supreme Court (Pic: Power Pad Girls / Twitter) The Supreme Court of Namibia has handed a partial victory to the Mexican husband of a Namibian man in his bid to be allowed to live in the country with his family. On Monday the court ruled against the Ministry of Home Affairs and said that Guillermo Delgado’s application to stay in the country with his husband and children must be reviewed.
However, the court did not go as far as ordering officials to actually approve the new application, leaving the family in a state of uncertainty once again.
Home Affairs had previously rejected Delgado’s residency application because his same-sex marriage to Namibian Phillip Lühl – officiated in South Africa in 2014 – is not recognised under Namibian law.
Delgado has been living in the country for ten years. Speaking to journalists outside the court, the men’s lawyer, Uno Katjipuka-Sibolile, expressed her frustration at the ruling and described it as nonsensical. “We’ve outlined to the court how Home Affairs has been hostile towards… the entire family, so [we’re] going back to Home Affairs for what?
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