Nationality in Benin is governed by the 1965 Code de la nationalité dahoméenne (Benin was formerly known as Dahomey). The law provides for citizenship to be attributed on the basis of descent, and to a child born in Benin of one parent also born there, and provides protections for children who would otherwise be stateless.
Although the law provides for access to nationality through both the father and the mother, there are some discriminatory provisions, which were found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court in 2014.
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has welcomed efforts made by Benin to increase birth registration, including the creation of registration centers at the district level and carrying out awareness-raising campaigns. However, they expressed concern about the continued low level of registration in rural areas and suggested the placement of auxiliary registration officials at the village level and mobile courts to decide on late registrations free of charge.
Les députés ont poursuivi, à la faveur de leur séance plénière de ce lundi 24 avril, l’examen de la proposition de loi portant identification des personnes en République du Bénin démarré vendredi dernier. Ils ont passé au peigne fin les…
Les députés ont entamé vendredi dernier en plénière, l’examen de la proposition de loi portant identification des personnes physiques en République du Bénin. Ils ont déjà adopté une cinquantaine d’articles répartis sur quatre titres. Les discussions en plénière ont été…
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Benin’s constitution was amended in 1995 to allow candidates with dual citizenship to stand for elections and for the diaspora to vote in elections. There are over 4 million Beninois that leave outside of Benin, mostly in other African countries…
The ECOWAS Commission on Friday said Senegal and Benin Republic were set to begin issuance of the ECOWAS Biometric Identity Cards which came into force in January. Amb. Kadre Ouedraogo, President of the Commission, said this in an interview with…
Une coalition de personnalités du monde politique et syndical, menée par l’ancien chef de l’État Nicéphore Soglo, a dénoncé dans un communiqué publié mardi le « complot politique qui se profile avec la candidature imposée de Lionel Zinsou » et…
By Bronwen Manby. Expert report commissioned by UNHCR and IOM. Statelessness is a problem of significant but unknown magnitude in West Africa. It is not possible to say how many people are stateless in the sub-region; but it is certain…
This report is about ordinary people, living all over the world, who have one extraordinary thing in common: they do not hold any nationality at all. They are The World’s Stateless. When having a nationality (or even multiple nationalities) is…
Plan d’action visant la prévention et la réduction de l’apatridie au Bénin. Télécharger: Plan d’Action Bénin
La Cour décide: Article 1er.- Les articles 8, 12.2, 13 et 18 de la Loi n°65-17 du 23 juin 1965 portant code de la nationalité béninoise sont contraires à la Constitution. Article 2.- Les articles 7 et 22 de la…