Dated May 2018; published 7 December 2018 Extract (pp.63-64): 6.6 Stateless persons The right to a nationality is a fundamental right recognised under international law. Nevertheless forcibly displaced persons are affected disproportionately by the problem of statelessness, especially women and…
Bronwen Manby takes us through her new book Citizenship in Africa: The Law of Belonging. In an important contribution to the literature on statehood, citizenship and identity in Africa, this piece highlights the importance of formal legal frameworks and contests over citizenship…
Decision No. 002/2018; adopted at the 31st Ordinary Session of the ACERWC, May 2018; published 29 November 2018. IV: Decision of the Committee 104. For the foregoing reasons, the Committee finds that the Respondent State is in violation of its…
The Communication concerns Ms Iman Hassan Benjamin who was not able to attend her university education due to lack of national identity card, and further becomes stateless. She was denied an identity card because her late father would have become…
By Yusuf Zango Nairobi — No fewer than 73,400 African refugees were given right to citizenship by their host countries in 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) has said. Mr Valentine Tabsoba, Director, UNCHR Regional Bureau for…
Addis Ababa, 18 November 2018 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Omidyar Network have announced a partnership to establish legal digital identities in Africa. The partnership, will go towards ECA’s support to the African Union Commission…
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…