Citizenship in the Central African Republic is set forth in the 1961 nationality code, as amended most recently in 1984. The code provides that the child of one Central African parent obtains nationality, wherever the child is born; but also that a child born in the country of two foreign parents can acquire nationality by declaration while still a minor. The 1984 amendments repealed a 1966 provision that naturalisation required 35 years residence, to restore the previous requirement for 5 years residence.
The law stipulates the conditions under which a woman who marries a Central African acquires Central African nationality. However, it does not allow Central African women to pass their citizenship to their foreign spouses.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has expressed concern over the low levels of birth registration in the Central African Republic, which has led to violations of the right to a nationality for children whose birth has not been registered.
The ethno-religous violence that broke out in the Central African Republic in 2013 has been accompanied by accusations that many Muslims are of Chadian origin and not entitled to Central African nationality.
By Elsa Buchanan Humanitarian organisations in Chad have commenced an identification operation to help Chadian returnees at risk of statelessness to get documentation. With nearly 400,000 refugees on its territory, including more than 71,000 people from the Central African Republic…
Considérant la grande vague des candidatures déclarées ou pas encore et les opérations de recensement de la population, les questions de nationalité demeurent le tendon d’Achille du processus électoral en Centrafrique.C’est bien une question qui fâche et qui amène beaucoup…
Extract from p.20 “In public debate, the conflict is often presented as a confrontation between native peoples and foreign Muslims. Yet, the public often distinguishes between good Muslims (CAR citizens) and bad Muslims (foreigners, especially Chadians). There is now a…
CEDAW/C/CAF/CO/1-5 Nationality 33. The Committee is concerned about the lack of birth registration throughout the State party owing to the conflict. It is also concerned at the situation of refugee women and their children in neighbouring countries. It is further…
Zannah Bassar, a Muslim woman living in the Central African Republic (CAR) capital, Bangui, has a simple message for the international community – she wants to be evacuated. Read more.
Dewa Iliassa, a young Muslim, lives on a street in Bozoum, a town in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR), with only a small pile of his belongings. He says he is too scared to move more than about 200m in…
Shocked by an escalation of killings, rapes and other abuses committed by Muslims against Christians, and vice versa, in the Central African Republic (CAR), leading clerics from both faiths recently travelled together to preach peace and listen to tales of…
Renvoie l’acquisition et la perte de la nationalité à la loi. Delegates acquisition and loss of nationality to the law. Download at / télécharger sur REFWORLD.
Diriger un pays sans le moindre programme et sans la moindre vision est comme conduire à l’aveuglette un troupeau de bœufs à l’abreuvoir, sans savoir de quel côté se trouve la rivière, quel chemin emprunter pour arriver plus vite et…
Par Fleury Koursany La loi y relative a été votée par le Parlement et elle est d’application immédiate. Elle concernera les situations en cours et celles à venir L’obtention de la nationalité centrafricaine est désormais conditionnée au versement de la…