Categories for Uncategorized

Madagascar: Opérations de jugements supplétifs: 65.000 enfants cibles pour 2024

Published: 2/Oct/2024
Source: newsmada.com

Le ministère de l’Intérieur poursuit ses activités dans le cadre des opérations de Juge­ments supplétifs d’acte de naissance pour les enfants mineurs. Cette année, les au­torités prévoient la régularisation de 65.000 enfants répartis dans 22 districts de l’île. L’objectif étant […]

South Africa: Narratives of Belonging: The Case of Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina

Published: 30/Sep/2024
Source: AfricaLaw (Blog)

Author: Zekhethelo Cele LLM Candidate, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina’s nationality has sparked a significant debate on identity, belonging, and representation between South Africa and Nigeria. Allegedly born in South Africa to a Nigerian father […]

Cameroun : des communautés marginalisées faute d’actes de naissance

Published: 23/Sep/2024
Source: africanews

L’espoir d’un changement existe. Au début de l’été, M. Dingha et ses collègues du parlement camerounais ont adopté un projet de loi permettant au pays d’adhérer à deux conventions des Nations unies relatives à la reconnaissance des apatrides. Cela “contribuerait à réduire […]

Libya: NOC’s Bengdara dual nationality court case to continue on 2nd October

Published: 20/Sep/2024
Source: Libya Herald

Plaintiff claims defendant presented no evidence countering accusation of dual nationalities by Sami Zaptia On Wednesday (11 September), a session was held before the Administrative Judiciary at the Court of Appeal in Tripoli (in case no. 455 of 2023) concerning […]

Le Niger lève le voile sur l’apatride et digitalise l’état civil

Published: 12/Sep/2024
Source: journalduniger.com

Au Niger, la question de l’apatridie, c’est-à-dire le fait de ne reconnaître légalement aucun État comme étant le sien, est au cœur des préoccupations. Face à ce défi, le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a organisé, ce […]

Liberia: ULAA Applauds Liberia’s Legislature for Amending Dual Citizenship Law

Published: 11/Sep/2024
Source: FrontPageAfrica (Monrovia)

Washington, D.C.—The Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) has commended the Liberian House of Representatives for approving significant amendments to the Liberian Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022. The revisions remove restrictive clauses that previously barred Liberians with […]

Report on Citizenship Law : Ghana

Published: 10/Sep/2024
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

By Julia Schweers Introduction Ghana’s citizenship laws were first defined with independence from British colonial rule in 1957. Its early citizenship laws established the so-called ‘Lancaster House’ model, which other African states later also used to determine membership at independence, […]

Liberia: House Removes Restrictive Provisions in Dual Citizen Law

Published: 9/Sep/2024
Source: Liberian Observer

— Unanimously passes amendments to Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022 The House of Representatives has approved amendments to the Liberian Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022, unanimously removing restrictive clauses in the dual citizenship law. The revisions aim to […]

No identity, no protection: How lack of identity documents drives exploitation and modern slavery

Published: 9/Sep/2024
Source: United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) and the Freedom Fund

A new report by the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) and the Freedom Fund reveals the links between lacking official documentation and modern slavery. Without legal identity, people struggle to access basic services and are often driven […]