Manby, B. (2019). Anudo Ochieng Anudo v Tanzania (Judgment) (African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, App No 012/2015, 22 March 2018). Statelessness and Citizenship Review, 1(1), 170–176. Introduction: Anudo Ochieng Anudo v Tanzania (‘Anudo case’) is the first case…
By Frank Hersey Disruptive new technologies such as blockchain, and disruptive uses of existing technologies such as open-source alternatives, squared up against discussions of the appropriate use of digital ID, biometrics and their associated databases on the third and final…
Plus d’un tiers des mineurs sans état civil dans le monde sont issus du continent. Non déclarés à leur naissance, ces jeunes se retrouvent sans droits. Par Matteo Maillard Une phrase suffit pour installer la stupeur dans la pièce et…
By Robtel Neajai Pailey DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.852 Summary Though deeply contested, citizenship has come to be defined in gender-inclusive terms both as a status anchored in law, with attendant rights and resources, and as agency manifested in active political participation and…
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…
Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness. Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an…
Par François Misser L’UE et ses partenaires africains discutent de l’avenir de leur coopération après 2020. En partie dans le brouillard: l’Afrique compte en effet 500 millions de personnes sans existence juridique. Comment faire des prévisions économiques ou mener des…
Africa has one of the largest stateless populations in the world, however governments have only recently started to recognize it as a serious problem. By Ineke Mules In the Kiambaa area on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, it’s not…
32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly, 10-11 February 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Assembly/AU/Decl.8(XXXII) WE, the Heads of States and Governments of the African Union meeting at the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly from 10 to 11 February 2019 in…
By Dominique Nouvian Ouattara A name, an official identity, and a nationality recognised by everyone: most of us take these things for granted. Yet, for nearly a quarter-billion children around the world, including tens of millions in sub-Saharan Africa, such…