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Agenda 2040, Africa’s Agenda for children: Fostering an Africa Fit for Children

Published: 2/Aug/2017
Source: African Union / African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Adopted by the ACERWC 2016; approved by the AU Executive Council of Ministers, July 2017 Aspiration 3: Every child’s birth and other vital statistics are registered. By 2040 Birth registration is universal, compulsory and free. All legal systems contain an…

Carte : combien coûtent les passeports en Afrique ?

Published: 8/Jun/2017
Source: Jeune Afrique

Par Greg Roxburgh et Trésor Kibangula Après l’introduction de la biométrie en RDC, le passeport congolais est devenu l’un des plus onéreux du monde. Mais même à 164 euros pièce, ce n’est pas le le plus cher d’Afrique ! En…

African cross-border and regional identity management schemes reach distribution stage

Published: 18/May/2017
Source: Biometric Update

The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently introduced its new fingerprint-embedded Laissez-Passer document at ID4Africa 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. The travel document for regional development is one of a series of regional projects across the continent with the goal of using…

The State of Identification Systems in Africa: A Synthesis of Country Assessments

Published: 1/Apr/2017
Source: World Bank

by Julia Clark. From the summary: The ability to prove one’s identity is a cornerstone of participation in modern life, yet over 1.5 billion people lack proof of legal identity. As a first step in assisting its client countries to…

Communique of 661st PSC meeting on Free Movement of People and Goods and its Implications on Peace and Security in Africa

Published: 27/Feb/2017
Source: AU Peace and Security Council

The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 661st meeting held on 23 February 2017, at the ministerial level, adopted the following decision on Free Movement of People and Goods and its Implications on Peace…

Going beyond symbolism: The missing item in the African Union summit

Published: 28/Jan/2017
Source: The Ethiopian Reporter

Investment tends to follow infrastructural facilities. People follow transportation routes, job opportunities and money. Money attracts more money and also attracts talent. But above all, an infrastructure-supported mobility regime is sustainable and irreversible, even in the face of serious security…

International Refugee Rights Initiative

Published: 7/Jan/2017

IRRI is dedicated to promoting human rights in situations of conflict and displacement, enhancing the protection of vulnerable populations before, during and after conflict. IRRI accomplishes this by: tackling the exclusion and human rights violations which are the root causes…

A Borderless Africa: So you want that African e-Passport?

Published: 24/Jul/2016
Source: New African

By Regina Jane Jere Excitement, praise, concern, and heaps of speculation have greeted the much-hyped launch of the common African e-passport at the Kigali African Union Summit on 17th July. To the majority of ordinary Africans, over a billion of…

AU Decision on Free Movement of Persons and the African Passport

Published: 18/Jul/2016
Source: AU Assembly

The AU urges all Member States to adopt the African Passport and to work closely with the AU Commission to facilitate the processes towards its issuance at national level based on international, continental and national policy provisions, and continental design…

Decision on the Report of the Activities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Doc. EX.CL/968(XXIX)

Published: 15/Jul/2016
Source: Executive Council of the African Union

Paragraph 5 of the Decision: The Executive Council […] 5. WELCOMES the development by the ACHPR of the draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa, the draft…

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Agenda 2040, Africa’s Agenda for children: Fostering an Africa Fit for Children

Published: 2/Aug/2017
Source: African Union / African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Carte : combien coûtent les passeports en Afrique ?

Published: 8/Jun/2017
Source: Jeune Afrique

African cross-border and regional identity management schemes reach distribution stage

Published: 18/May/2017
Source: Biometric Update

The State of Identification Systems in Africa: A Synthesis of Country Assessments

Published: 1/Apr/2017
Source: World Bank

Communique of 661st PSC meeting on Free Movement of People and Goods and its Implications on Peace and Security in Africa

Published: 27/Feb/2017
Source: AU Peace and Security Council

Going beyond symbolism: The missing item in the African Union summit

Published: 28/Jan/2017
Source: The Ethiopian Reporter

International Refugee Rights Initiative

Published: 7/Jan/2017

A Borderless Africa: So you want that African e-Passport?

Published: 24/Jul/2016
Source: New African

AU Decision on Free Movement of Persons and the African Passport

Published: 18/Jul/2016
Source: AU Assembly

Decision on the Report of the Activities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Doc. EX.CL/968(XXIX)

Published: 15/Jul/2016
Source: Executive Council of the African Union

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Published: 2/Aug/2017 Source: African Union / African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

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Published: 18/May/2017 Source: Biometric Update

Published: 1/Apr/2017 Source: World Bank

Published: 27/Feb/2017 Source: AU Peace and Security Council

Published: 28/Jan/2017 Source: The Ethiopian Reporter

Published: 7/Jan/2017

Published: 24/Jul/2016 Source: New African

Published: 18/Jul/2016 Source: AU Assembly

Published: 15/Jul/2016 Source: Executive Council of the African Union

Published: 2/Aug/2017
Source: African Union / African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Published: 8/Jun/2017
Source: Jeune Afrique

Published: 18/May/2017
Source: Biometric Update

Published: 1/Apr/2017
Source: World Bank

Published: 27/Feb/2017
Source: AU Peace and Security Council

Published: 28/Jan/2017
Source: The Ethiopian Reporter

Published: 24/Jul/2016
Source: New African

Published: 18/Jul/2016
Source: AU Assembly

Published: 15/Jul/2016
Source: Executive Council of the African Union