Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Afrique de l’Ouest : l’apatridie reste une réalité

November 5, 2021 12:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Afrique de l’Ouest : l’apatridie reste une réalité

Par Serge Koffi Sans acte de naissance, difficile d’accéder à l’école. De nombreuses personnes s’exposent donc à l’apatridie. C’est à dire qu’aucun Etat ne les reconnaîtra comme ressortissants par application de sa législation. Et ils sont nombreux à souffrir de […]


Ending childhood statelessness and dismantling barriers to birth registration in South Africa

November 4, 2021 10:11 am Published by Comments Off on Ending childhood statelessness and dismantling barriers to birth registration in South Africa

By Thandeka Chauke and Tšhegofatšo Mothapo, Statelessness Project, Lawyers for Human Rights A recent decision by South Africa’s apex court has put the focus on an antiquated law that prevented children of unmarried parents accessing birth registration in the same […]


Tchad : le Guera vise une interopérabilité entre les services de l’état-civil et de santé

November 3, 2021 12:15 pm Published by Comments Off on Tchad : le Guera vise une interopérabilité entre les services de l’état-civil et de santé

La province du Guera figure parmi celles qui ont un faible taux d’enregistrement des naissances à l’état-civil. Selon l’enquête MICS – 2019, 36,8 % des enfants de moins de 5 ans sont enregistrés à l’état civil contre seulement 7.6 % […]


‘Foreigners everywhere, nationals nowhere’: Southern Africa’s changing response to UN campaign on statelessness

November 3, 2021 10:17 am Published by Comments Off on ‘Foreigners everywhere, nationals nowhere’: Southern Africa’s changing response to UN campaign on statelessness

By Emmanuelle Mitte, UNHCR Statelessness, once a ‘forgotten human rights crisis’, has been put at the forefront of a global agenda with the UN’s #Ibelong campaign. Among the most tragic victims of statelessness are children found abandoned in a state […]


Liberia: Bill to amend Part III, Chapter 20, Section 20.1; Chapter 21, Sections 21.30, 21.31, 21.51 & 21.52 and Chapter 22, Sections 22.1, 22.1 & 22.4 of the Aliens and Nationality Law of the Liberian Code of Law Revised, Vol. II.

November 2, 2021 3:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Bill to amend Part III, Chapter 20, Section 20.1; Chapter 21, Sections 21.30, 21.31, 21.51 & 21.52 and Chapter 22, Sections 22.1, 22.1 & 22.4 of the Aliens and Nationality Law of the Liberian Code of Law Revised, Vol. II.

Bill introduced to the House of Representatives by Acarous Gray of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) . The Act, if it entered into force, provides that: children born in Liberia are Liberian (retaining the existing wording) children born […]


Togo: “Être apatride, c’est avoir en permanence le sentiment d’être sans valeur”, Puis AGBETOMEY

November 2, 2021 3:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Togo: “Être apatride, c’est avoir en permanence le sentiment d’être sans valeur”, Puis AGBETOMEY

À l’aube du 7ème anniversaire de la campagne « IBelong » de l’Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, Lomé accueille depuis ce mardi 2 novembre 2021, une rencontre régionale sur l’apatride. Elle réunit les points focaux apatridie du HCR, […]


Digital Identity in Zimbabwe: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

November 1, 2021 5:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Digital Identity in Zimbabwe: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

Ngwenya, N. (2021). Digital Identity in Zimbabwe: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa (Towards the Evaluation of Digital ID Ecosystems in Africa: Findings from Ten Countries) [Case study]. Research […]


Digital Identity in Uganda: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

November 1, 2021 5:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Digital Identity in Uganda: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

Iyer, N. (2021). Digital Identity in Uganda: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa (Towards the Evaluation of Digital ID Ecosystems in Africa: Findings from Ten Countries) [Case study]. Research […]


Digital Identity in Tanzania: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

November 1, 2021 5:30 pm Published by Comments Off on Digital Identity in Tanzania: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

Boshe, P. (2021). Digital Identity in Tanzania: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa (Towards the Evaluation of Digital ID Ecosystems in Africa: Findings from Ten Countries) [Case study]. Research […]


Digital Identity in South Africa: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

November 1, 2021 5:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Digital Identity in South Africa: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

Razzano, G. (2021). Digital Identity in South Africa: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa (Towards the Evaluation of Digital ID Ecosystems in Africa: Findings from Ten Countries) [Case study]. […]


Digital Identity in Rwanda: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

November 1, 2021 5:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Digital Identity in Rwanda: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

M. Binda, E. (2021). Digital Identity in Rwanda: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa (Towards the Evaluation of Digital ID Ecosystems in Africa: Findings from Ten Countries) [Case study]. […]


Digital Identity in Nigeria: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

November 1, 2021 5:19 pm Published by Comments Off on Digital Identity in Nigeria: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa

Okunoye, B. (2021). Digital Identity in Nigeria: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa (Towards the Evaluation of Digital ID Ecosystems in Africa: Findings from Ten Countries) [Case study]. Research […]