29 October – 3 November 2018 Malabo, Equatorial Guinea OBJECTIVES Consider and adopt the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Right on the Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in…
Abdoulaye Harissou : Ce combat est un combat d’abord humanitaire, pour l’Afrique subsaharienne qui compte 85 millions d’enfants qui ne sont ni déclarés ni inscrits à l’état civil. Ce qui pose un réel problème pour ces enfants qui n’arrivent pas à…
NEW YORK, September 25th, 2018 – African leaders, the World Bank Group, the United Nations, and other development partners met today on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly for the African Leaders Roundtable on Identification for Development to catalyze collective…
By Bronwen Manby There is near-universal consensus on the importance of “legal identity” as a foundation for economic development and respect for rights. But insufficient attention is paid to the risks attendant on a drive to roll out biometric identification…
Le sujet ne cesse de faire débat dans plusieurs pays en Afrique où certains dirigeants exploitent cet argument contre leurs adversaires politiques pour les écarter de la course au pouvoir. Bronwen Manby est consultante au Centre des études en droits humains à…
On Wednesday 2 May 2018, the International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) with support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), organised a workshop in Uganda on the Right to Nationality, ahead of the second meeting of African Union’s Member States Experts…
“African States should seize the opportunity to set clear standards on the recognition of nationality and the eradication of statelessness”, urged a coalition of African civil society organisations working on the issue. Member States are meeting in Abidjan, 7-11 May…
7 – 11 May 2018 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Introduction Nationality provides people with a sense of identity and creates a legal bond between a person and the State by enabling them exercise a certain range of rights. Thus, the lack…
Ndjodi Ndeunyema During the recently concluded 48th Ordinary Session, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered a unanimous decision of significance to the African continent and beyond by determining that the right to nationality exists under customary international…
By Bronwen Manby March 2018 saw a series of bold rulings by African courts to protect both prominent politicians and ordinary people against excessive discretion in decisions relating to the right to a nationality. Most notably, the African Court on…