Nationality in Angola is governed by the 2016 Lei da nacionalidade, which provides for nationality to be transmitted equally to their children by either parent, for attribution of nationality to a child of unknown parents, and for acquisition of nationality by a child born on the territory who would otherwise be stateless or whose parents are of unknown nationality.
The key document in proving Angolan nationality is the cédula pessoal. In 2007 UNHCR facilitated the reintegration of Angolan returnees by providing Angolan cédulas pessoais, which would also enable them to get basic services and recognition as citizens.
In considering the situation in Angola, the Committee on the Rights of the Child called in 2004 for birth registration to made easy and free to all children born within the country.
On Jan. 9, the Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported that Isabel dos Santos – the daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos once ranked by Forbes magazine as Africa’s richest woman – is a citizen of Russia.…
Includes the following information from Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 3 October, UNHCR organized a roundtable discussion in Juba, South Sudan, on accession to the two UN Statelessness Conventions. The roundtable was organized in close collaboration with the…
A total of 358 pledges were submitted on the occasion of the the High-Level Segment on Statelessness in October 2019. 252 of these pledges were delivered by States, 73 by civil society organizations, and 33 by international and regional organizations.…
e-BLJ, Ano 2 (2019), n.º 3 By Bronwen Manby Abstract: This article provides a detailed comparative overview of the nationality laws of the five Lusophone member states of the African Union, known collectively as the Países Africanos de Língua Oficial…
Luanda – O Governo angolano depositou nesta segunda-feira, em Genebra (Suíça), as Cartas de Adesão à Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre o Estatuto dos Apátridas, numa cerimónia que contou com a participação de Estados que já aderiram ao acordo. O…
Extracts: From 16-18 April 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya, the Government of Kenya, the Executive Secretariat of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the United High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) co-organised a Ministerial Conference on the Eradication…
By Patrícia Jerónimo This report discusses citizenship in Angola. It explores the history of citizenship in this country, modes of acquisition and loss, and current debates and reform plans regarding citizenship policy. Download from GlobalCit: http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/62284
Including the following information on African states: On 17 and 18 January, the Kenya Human Rights Commission convened a workshop on digital identity and citizenship with representatives from the Government of Kenya and from stateless communities in Naivasha, Kenya. The…
Coque Mukuta Aldeões dizem que forças de segurança mataram 16 pessoas na Lunda Norte O Governo angolano iniciou a 25 de Setembro uma campanha para repor o que chama de legalidade na exploração e comercialização dos diamantes, como uma das…
Moçâmedes – As diferentes conservatórias a nível do país e na província do Namibe em particular têm falhado na atribuição de nomes , devido a falta de uma lista onomástica nacional (lista de nomes próprios nacionais), admitiu, hoje, quinta-feira, nesta…