Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible under Art. 8 ECHR despite no statutory entitlement to renewal.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible because the applicant could invoke a conditional right based on Art. 8 ECHR through his relationship with his Swiss child.
Extracted reasoning
Although he had no entitlement under the former ANAG, he was the father of a Swiss child and maintained a family relationship with the child.