Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration
On 30 September 2011, Justice Johnson Lam of the Court of First Instance of the High Court (CFI) ruled in Vallejos' case that existing legislation restricting FDHs from qualifying for permanent residence contravened the Hong Kong Basic Law. Lam also found that Vallejos and Domingo, but not the three other applicants, had fulfilled the condition of taking Hong Kong as their only permanent home and being ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for seven years. The Court of Appeal of the High Court overturned the CFI's decision on Vallejos' case on 28 March 2012. Vallejos and Domingo then jointly appealed to the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), which heard their case on 26–28 February 2013; the CFA rejected their appeal on 25 March 2013.
Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant
Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant (born 15 July 1966) is a Brazilian jurist and International law scholar. He is also a professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the founder of the International Law Center (CEDIN), in Belo Horizonte. Brant is one of the nominees for the International Criminal Court judges election, 2014.
Brant graduated from the UFMG School of Law in 1991. In the same year he obtained a diploma of advanced studies in Humam Rights at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights. In 1993 he obtained a master's degree in International law at UFMG with the thesis “The Right to Development as a Human Right". In 1993, Brant was qualified in advanced Studies in International Law, at The Hague Academy of International Law (HAIL). In 1996 and 1997, he obtained diplomas of Advanced Studies in Human Rights at the Institut International des Droits de L’Homme and Advanced Studies in United Nations Reforms at the United Nations Study Programme respectively.