Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

PLEDGES 2011: Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons

December 8, 2011 12:50 pm Published by Comments Off on PLEDGES 2011: Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons

A compilation and analysis of pledges submitted during the UNHCR ministerial meeting to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness […]


RDC: Décret n° 011/48 du 3 décembre 2011 portant création et fixation des statuts d’un Etablissement public dénommé « Office National d’Identification de la Population », « ONIP » en sigle.

December 3, 2011 3:55 pm Published by Comments Off on RDC: Décret n° 011/48 du 3 décembre 2011 portant création et fixation des statuts d’un Etablissement public dénommé « Office National d’Identification de la Population », « ONIP » en sigle.

Télécharger: DRC Decret ONIP 2011


The Politics of Home: Dual Citizenship and the African Diaspora

December 1, 2011 9:36 am Published by Comments Off on The Politics of Home: Dual Citizenship and the African Diaspora

Beth Elise Whitaker Volume: 45 issue: 4, 2011, pp.755-783 Abstract In recent decades, more countries have started to recognize dual citizenship. Although overlooked in the literature, Africa is part of this trend with more than half of its governments now […]


Botswana: Khama is not a foreigner – Nasha

November 29, 2011 9:46 am Published by Comments Off on Botswana: Khama is not a foreigner – Nasha

By NELSON DIRENG The Speaker of the National Assembly Margaret Nasha came to President Ian Khama’s rescue as opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) demanded to know whether it is true that Khama enjoys dual citizenship – these being Botswana and […]


Somalis in Kenya: ‘they call us ATM machines.’

November 24, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Somalis in Kenya: ‘they call us ATM machines.’

By Mary Harper Do you know what the Kenyan police call Somalis?” asked a successful Somali businessman from his office in downtown Nairobi. “They call us ATM machines. That’s because the only way we can navigate the situation here is […]


New policy on Egyptian citizenship for children of Palestinian fathers

November 24, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on New policy on Egyptian citizenship for children of Palestinian fathers

By Gianluca P. Parolin, EUDO Citizenship expert for Egypt Arab state authorities have quite consistently refused to naturalise Palestinians or their offspring in a move to allegedly protect Palestinian identity from vanishing with full integration in the host countries, often against […]


On the agenda in Algiers: African children’s rights and nationality

November 23, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on On the agenda in Algiers: African children’s rights and nationality

By Laura Bingham The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) will meet for its 18th Session in Algiers next week (November 27 – December 1, 2011), providing an important occasion for states, civil […]


Thousands of Batswana become foreigners overnight

November 18, 2011 9:48 am Published by Comments Off on Thousands of Batswana become foreigners overnight

LAWRENCE SERETSE Correspondent Thousands of Batswana who have taken their citizenship for granted until now are reeling in shock after learning that they are foreigners; that is, they are not recognised as Batswana. The problem is that many of them […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Decision No. CI-2011-EL-54/18-11/CC/SG

November 17, 2011 2:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Decision No. CI-2011-EL-54/18-11/CC/SG

Contestation de l’éligibilité du sieur Tioté Souhaluo aux élections législatives de décembre 2011. Telecharger: Cote dIvoire Decision CI-2001-EL-54 du 17 novembre 2011 – Confirmation de perte de la nationalité


Libya: The World’s Largest Sandbox

November 11, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Libya: The World’s Largest Sandbox

By Frank Jacobs Borderlines If it bleeds, it leads, goes the journalistic dictum. But the reverse is also true, which is why, through all the millions of words published in the last nine months about Libya, you’ve never heard of […]


Statelessness in Southern Africa

November 3, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Statelessness in Southern Africa

By Bronwen Manby This background paper was commissioned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for a Regional Conference on Statelessness in Southern Africa, which was hosted by UNHCR in Mbombela (Nelspruit), South Africa 1-3 November 2011. The […]


Code de la nationalité marocaine 1958, modifié 2011

October 25, 2011 5:52 pm Published by Comments Off on Code de la nationalité marocaine 1958, modifié 2011

Dahir n° 1-58-250 du 21 safar 1378 (6 septembre 1958) portant code de la nationalité marocaine Version consolidée en date du 26 octobre 2011 — tel que modifié par les textes suivants Dahir n° 1-11-170 du 27 kaada 1432 (25 […]