Intergovernmental Bodies

Policy Brief: Addressing documentation and modern slavery risks in Kenya – Key recommendations and best practices

Published: 30/Oct/2024
Source: United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) and the Freedom Fund

By Heaven Crawley, Linda Ouchoi and Angharad Smith Introduction There is growing recognition that people who lack official documentation are often unable to access their basic rights and entitlements, contributing to a myriad of complex challenges including social stigma, economic […]

UNHCR Campaign to end statelessness Update April – June 2024

Published: 23/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: • The new Global Alliance to End Statelessness, set to be officially launched on 14 October at the high-level segment on statelessness, has already garnered support and membership of over 80 entities (States, regional organizations, UN, […]

From Stateless to Citizens: the journey of the Shona community in Kenya

Published: 11/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR

This policy brief examines the socioeconomic progress of the Shona community in Kenya since gaining citizenship in 2020-21. Previously stateless, the Shona faced barriers to formal employment, financial services, and social protection. Citizenship has enabled 86% of the community to […]

Protection Brief: Access to birth registration in Ethiopia

Published: 3/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR Ethiopia

A birth registration is the official recording of the birth of a child through a state’s administrative process. It is a permanent and official record of a child’s existence. Although birth registration is different from the process of acquiring nationality, […]

UNHCR Campaign to end statelessness Update Jan – Mar 2024

Published: 26/Jul/2024
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness In February 2024, in Kenya, UNHCR is reviewed and provided technical feedback on a proposed amendment of the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, aiming to establish a registration […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update Oct – Dec 2023

Published: 1/May/2024
Source: UNHCR

Selected extracts relevant to Africa: Highlights The Republic of Congo officially joined the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions, fulfilling a commitment made at the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness. Sao Tome and Principe’s President signed a decree for the country’s […]

UNHCR Cote d’Ivoire Report on Statelessness 2023

Published: 28/Mar/2024
Source: UNHCR

Highlights Côte d’Ivoire has publicly committed to fighting statelessness since 2013, which has earned the country recognition as a leader in this field in Africa. UNHCR continues to support Côte d’Ivoire in preventing statelessness and identifying, protecting, and seeking solutions […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update July – September 2023

Published: 27/Feb/2024
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: Kenya recognized 7,000 Pemba individuals as citizens, granting them official documents. This ensures their rights and access to public services and opportunities. In Malawi, the Ministry of Home Affairs, officially adopted a National Action Plan (NAP) […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update April – June 2023

Published: 27/Dec/2023
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: In Côte d’Ivoire, the Department of Aid and Assistance to Refugees and Stateless Persons drafted and validated standard operating procedures(SOPs) for the implementation of the statelessness determination procedure during a workshop on 26 and 27 April. […]

CERD, Concluding observations: Morocco, 2023

Published: 21/Dec/2023
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CERD/C/MAR/CO/19-21 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concluding observations on the combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic reports of Morocco * 1.The Committee considered the combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic reports of Morocco, submitted in one document, at its 3024th […]

Risks of statelessness in West and Central Africa

Published: 1/Nov/2023
Source: UNHCR Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa

A study conducted by Stéphane Joële Teche Ndeno The figures are alarming: throughout the world, more than 4,400,000 people are stateless or of undetermined nationality according to the Global Trends Report of 2022. More seriously, we note an overall increase […]

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