Tous les pays africains n’exigent pas de leurs ressortissants le port d’une carte d’identité nationale, mais ils sont de plus en plus nombreux à le faire. Les États membres de la CEDEAO se sont engagés à introduire une carte d’identité biométrique de forme commune en 2017. L’introduction de ces nouveaux systèmes est peut-être basée sur des préoccupations en matière de sécurité nationale ou d’amélioration de la prestation des services publics ; mais pour que ces objectifs soient atteints, il faut veiller à ce que des personnes ne soient pas arbitrairement exclues de l’acquisition de ces documents en vertu du droit et des procédures.
Tout citoyen doit avoir droit à un passeport, permettant les déplacements internationaux, et ce document ne devrait pas faire l’objet de retrait, sauf dans le cadre d’une procédure régulière (par exemple, pour une personne accusée d’un crime grave).
Seuls quelques pays africains ont une procédure judiciaire indépendante pour l’obtention d’un «certificat de nationalité » ou d’un document qui constitue une preuve irréfutable qu’une personne a la nationalité du pays.
Le ministère tchadien de la Justice et des Droits humains et les Nations unies ont tenu ce jeudi 15 août 2019 une rencontre avec la société civile. L’objectif est de trouver une solution à la question de l’apatridie — c’est-à-dire…
Cletus Mushanawani Mashonaland Central Bureau Chief THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission has called for marginalised communities like the Doma people from Kanyemba in Mbire and other border areas to be assisted in obtaining identification documents. Speaking at the end of…
By Max Bearak MUKURU KWA NJENGA, Kenya — With a nonchalance only teenagers have, the 13-year-old shook out the contents of a tote bag onto the table in the one-room shack she shares with her grandmother. Certificates and medals tumbled out. Sarah…
Identity documents are a fundamental feature of modern daily life; they enable us all to participate in society and to access essential services and entitlements. Given the circumstances in which refugees are often forced to leave their home countries, their…
By Luka Biong Deng Kuol* When I was expelled from South Sudan in 2015 for organizing a public lecture at the University of Juba on the Presidential Decree to create 28 states, the government in Juba, in its response to…
Former Francistown Mayor, Peter Ngoma will contest the upcoming general elections at Tati East constituency under the Alliance for Progressives (AP) ticket. Ngoma who is currently a specially elected councillor in Francistown City Council recently dumped the ruling Botswana Democratic…
By Marion Ayebazibwe Government has acknowledged mistakes in the process of acquiring new and replacing lost national identification cards. The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Hon. Obiga Kania, was on Wednesday, 17 July 2019, responding to a matter of…
By DAVID MWERE The Huduma Namba will serve as the official sufficient proof for identification in the country and its registration will now be mandatory for access to government services if the draft Huduma Bill 2019 is enacted by the…
Guest column: Paul Kaseke For some time now, Zimbabweans have not been able to renew their passports or obtain new ones due to what the Registrar-General’s office has termed ‘an acute shortage of passport paper’. It almost seems like the…
By George Mugo In Summary: Shunned in Kenya and Zimbabwe, the Shona are unable to do business legally or own property. They were allowed to register with Huduma Namba as stateless people, but are yet to be given IDs. Over…