Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 26 August, the Minister of Interior of South Sudan endorsed a National Action Plan to End Statelessness (NAP). The NAP includes the accession of South Sudan to the UN Statelessness…
Un enfant qui n’est pas déclaré à la naissance n’existe pas juridiquement. La déclaration et l’enregistrement des naissances, l’inscription officielle dans les registres d’état-civil établissent au regard de la loi l’existence de l’enfant et constituent ainsi les conditions minimales permettant…
The High Court has allowed Katiba Institute and law scholar Yash Pal Ghai permission to challenge the roll-out of Huduma Namba cards over lack of guarantees of theft or misuse of Kenyans personal information. The lobby group and Prof Ghai…
Par Fatima Zohra Bouaziz Si le gouvernement a lancé une première campagne en 2017 qui, en décembre 2018, aréussi à inscrire 53 418 enfants à l’état civil, il y a cependant encore 100 000 enfants «invisibles » au Maroc, rapporte…
By Monique Bennett The Bill of Rights states that every child has the right to a name and a nationality from birth and that the child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child. Without a…
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Federal government has approved a joint council memo of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development with the Federal Ministry of Interior to end statelessness in Nigeria. It was learnt that the…