High Court judgment ruling inadmissible a challenge to the unconstitutionality of sections 4 and 7 of the Tanzania Citizenship Act and sections 23 and 27 of the Immigration Act relating to the prohibition of dual citizenship. Download judgment: Fundi & […]
Case (67/2022) [2023] ZASCA 97 (13 June 2023) MEDIA SUMMARY OF JUDGMENT DELIVERED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL From: The Registrar, Supreme Court of Appeal Date: 13 June 2023 The following summary is for the benefit of the media […]
Case challenging discrimination based on sex in transmission of citizenship to children. Download:Machakata v Minister Home Affairs & others Notice of Application and Founding Affidavit 2023-04-06-pages-1-21
Judgment declaring the applicant, a child born in South Africa in 1997 of a mother who was an irregular migrant at the time of his birth (but died while he was a child), and an unknown father, to be a […]
This Petition relates to citizenship rights of spouses of Kenyan citizens who have been married for the stipulated period of at least seven (7) years and who are also either confirmed to be convention refugees or persons who have sought […]
This Petition relates to citizenship rights of children born in Kenya of a parent who is a Kenyan citizen and parent granted or seeking refugee status in Kenya. It questions the legality of the actions of the Respondents that impede […]
1. Bernard Anbataayela Mornah (hereinafter referred to as “the Applicant”) is a Ghanaian national and the National Chairman of the Convention People’s Party, a political party registered in Ghana. The Applicant alleges violations of human rights of the Sahrawi people […]
Finding that the prohibition of dual citizenship in section 15(1) and 15(4) of the Citizenship Act is unconstitutional. Download: Sithabile P Mathe & Ors v. AG Botswana High Court
Shaw and Another v Registrar General of Citizenship and 3 Others (Case No. 250 of 2022) [2022] ZWHHC 250 (25 March 2022); [2022] ZWHHC 250 KWENDA J: This is a court application for orders confirming that the applicants are citizens […]
CIVIL SUIT NO. 437 OF 2019 JUDGMENT The plaintiffs instituted this suit against the defendant seeking for orders that; A declaration that the plaintiffs and other eligible members of the Uganda Somali’s Community are citizens by birth. A declaration that […]
The Citizenship and Nationality Rights Case Digest is a compilation and analysis of cases from Kenya and all over the world relating to various elements of citizenship and nationality of individuals. It is authored in simple English to enable citizens […]
(Case no 1027/2020) [2021] ZASCA 179 Media Summary The following summary is for the benefit of the media in the reporting of this case and does not form part of the judgments of the Supreme Court of Appeal Today the […]