Citizenship in the Republic of Congo is defined by Loi 35-61 du 20 juin 1961 portant code de la nationalité congolaise which was revised in 1993 and 2011. The nationality law provides a rather complicated set of rules on acqusition of nationality at birth, but the overall impact is for a child born in Congo to acquire nationality at birth from either of its parents, or if born of a parent also born in Congo. Transmission of nationality between spouses may occur only for a foreign woman married to a Congolese man. The 2002 Constitution also refers to nationality, affirming the right of Congolese citizenship to acquire a second nationality; this amendment was provided for by the 2011 amendment to the nationality code.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child notes concerns that, although the Republic of Congo has enacted several of the Committee’s recommendations, there must be steps taken to improve the coordination and effective establishment of mechanisms aimed at improving children’s rights.
Citizenship in the Republic of Congo can be transmitted on equal terms by Congolese mothers and fathers, as noted by the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Extracts: From 16-18 April 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya, the Government of Kenya, the Executive Secretariat of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the United High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) co-organised a Ministerial Conference on the Eradication…
Le projet de renforcement du système d’informatisation des services d’état civil avait été présenté, du 18 au 19 mai à Brazzaville, à la faveur d’un atelier de validation du plan national de lutte contre l’apatridie. Sa mise en œuvre consiste à…
Le document sera bientôt entériné par le Congo et l’agence pays du Haut-commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR). L’adoption du plan national 2019-2024 pour l’éradication de l’apatridie va traduire la volonté du gouvernement congolais à poursuivre ses efforts…
We, experts of the Member States (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo and Chad) and Partner States (Democratic Republic of Congo and São Tomé and Príncipe) of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC),…
Extracts: In July, The Malawian Ministry of Home Affairs & Internal Security, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) and UNHCR co-hosted a national roundtable in Lilongwe, Malawi on the Prevention of Statelessness and the Protection of Stateless Persons. Participants at the…
Les administrateurs civils ont recommandé, le 24 septembre à Brazzaville, au terme de la séance de restitution de l’atelier sur le système d’enregistrement des naissances dans le département de la Likouala, de renforcer la sensibilisation de la population nationale ainsi…
Répondant à la question sur les apatrides, le représentant du HCR a clarifié qu’il n’y a pas d’apatrides mais plutôt des personnes en risque d’apatridie. Il a pris l’exemple du département de la Likouala où l’on a recensé quatorze mille…
Extracts: On 10 April, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, UNHCR and UNICEF co-hosted the Indian Ocean Islands Roundtable on the Prevention of Statelessness. The roundtable, which included the participation of Government focal points from the Comoros, Madagascar and Mauritius, focused on the…
L’activité qui va durer deux jours a lieu dans le cadre du troisième anniversaire de la campagne décennale pour l’éradication de l’apatridie et a pour objectif de faciliter la compréhension des questions y relatives. Elle vise également à mettre en…
Globally, millions of people including many in the Great Lakes Region are stateless or at risk of statelessness. They cannot enjoy the full range of human rights. Among the causes of statelessness in the Great Lakes Region are gaps in…