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.
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1961 CONVENTION 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The 1961 Convention is the only universal instrument that elaborates clear and concrete safeguards to prevent the occurrence of statelessness.…
Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing Governments and Civil Society On 7 November, the Consolidated Action Plan of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on the Eradication of Statelessness (2017-2024) was validated during a regional inter-ministerial committee meeting.…
Update on pledges Awareness and advocacy Issuance of nationality documentation Strengthening birth registration Legislative reform Accession to conventions Protecting stateless people Measuring statelessness Download : https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/82610
En mettant à la disposition des parents, en compagnie de leurs enfants, 27 actes de naissance sur 1076 attendus, la ministre des Affaires sociales et de l’Action humanitaire, Antoinette Dinga-Dzondo, a remis des registres au préfet du département de la…
Organisée par le Haut commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR), cette rencontre réunit durant deux jours tous les administrateurs maires des différents arrondissements de la capitale. Elle constitue un véritable cadre d’échanges qui leur permettra d’identifier ensemble les…
Un atelier destiné aux magistrats impliqués dans la chaine de délivrance des certificats de nationalité sur l’apatridie s’est ouvert à Brazzaville, sous la direction de Quentin Banga, administrateur national de protection au HCR. Cet atelier, qui va durer deux jours,…
Cet atelier qui a été conjointement facilité par les experts du Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (UNHCR), du ministère de la Justice, des Droits humains et de la Promotion des peuples autochtones et ceux du ministère de l’Intérieur…
Au total, mille trois cent quatre-vingt-douze registres d’actes de naissance couplés au matériel et fournitures de bureau ont été réceptionnés par le ministre qui, à son tour, a transmis au préfet directeur général de l’administration du territoire, Jacques Essissongo. Le don…
A total of 358 pledges were submitted on the occasion of the the High-Level Segment on Statelessness in October 2019. 252 of these pledges were delivered by States, 73 by civil society organizations, and 33 by international and regional organizations.…
[extract] UNHCR supported the Congolese Government in the development and the adoption of a national plan on statelessness in the Republic of the Congo. UNHCR also sensitized members of the Congolese Parliament on statelessness issues. The Parliament members committed to…