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.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the Government and people of the Republic of the Congo for its recent accession to the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. In […]
Dans le cadre de la prévention de l’apatridie, l’ONG Observatoire congolais de lutte contre l’apatridie (OCLA) a organisé une séance de sensibilisation des femmes enceintes et allaitantes au Centre de santé Marien-Ngouabi. Selon le communiqué publié le 26 septembre, le […]
Extracts relating to developments in law and policy: Eswatini On 06 April, an application was made at the High Court of the Kingdom of Eswatini ( Eswatini) to declare laws limiting the passing of citizenship from swazi women to their […]
By Anette Bayer Forsingdal, Dianne Hubbard and Adrijana Corluka Scope and objectives of the study This report focuses on the nexus between birth registration, citizenship and statelessness in the 16 member states of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). The […]
Extracts relevant to Africa: Top events and news• Liberia becomes the third country since the start of the #IBelong Campaign to reform legislation to grant women and men equal rights in passing on their nationality to their children.• Nigeria adopts […]
This quarterly newsletter includes highlights on the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness, and news from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kingdom of Eswatini, Kingdom of Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of Congo, South Africa and Zambia. DRC: […]
La République du Congo a franchi une nouvelle étape dans la bataille contre l’apatridie avec l’adoption la semaine dernière par le Conseil des ministres d’un projet de décret portant création, attributions, organisation et fonctionnement du comité technique institutionnel d’éradication du […]
Extracts relevant to Africa: Top events and news • 15 civil society and legal aid organizations established the Eastern Africa Nationality Network. • Three pledges from the 2019 High Level Segment on Statelessness were fully or partially implemented in Georgia, […]
« Le projet de décret portant création, attributions, organisation et fonctionnement du comité technique institutionnel d’éradication de l’apatridie au Congo répond au souci de lutter contre la prolifération des cas d’apatridie », peut-on lire dans le compte rendu du Conseil de ministres du 3 […]
Le président de l’Association pour la vulgarisation du droit au coeur de la société (AVDCS), André Mpemba Bouetoumoussa, a lancé, le 20 juin à Ouesso, chef-lieu du département de la Sangha, la campagne de sensibilisation et d’enregistrement des enfants autochtones et […]
La semaine dernière, Paul Kagame a effectué une visite de trois jours au Congo-Brazzaville, un pays où plus de 8000 Rwandais attendent leur régularisation après avoir perdu leur statut de réfugié en 2017. Kigali assure que leur sort n’a pas […]
Le chef de l’État rwandais Paul Kagame arrive ce lundi 11 avril à Brazzaville, où il doit s’adresser au Parlement congolais, signer des accords avec son homologue Denis Sassou Nguesso, avant d’aller visiter des fermes au nord, jusqu’à mercredi. Pendant […]