Au Gabon, des milliers d’enfants non déclarés à la naissance ne seront pas admis dans les écoles. Ils sont appelés enfants fantômes ou invisibles. A Libreville comme à l’intérieur du pays, la réalité donne le vertige. 7400 enfants légalement invisibles […]
State-sanctioned racketeering, ethnic nepotism, a complete failure of due diligence, and how an indicted cocaine trafficker has come to control the supply of passports to Nigerian citizens. David Hundeyin “We acknowledge and apologize for the challenges faced in the past […]
Un arrêté conjoint du ministère de l’Administration du Territoire et celui de la Justice fixant les mécanismes d’interopérabilité entre les systèmes de l’état civil a été rendu public ce jeudi 23 septembre à Conakry. L’UNICEF à travers son chef de […]
“A surname connects us to our heritage and roots us in history and family tradition. In many African cultures, names not only connect a person to their immediate family, but also convey a spiritual connection to one’s broader community, clan, […]
By Solomon Momoh The problem In my dissertation, I first discuss the risk and issues around statelessness and the establishment of legal identity in Nigeria. Those most at risk are children born to foreign parents within the territory of Nigeria […]
Case CCT101/20 ; [2021] ZACC 31 Hearing Date: 01 September 2020 Judgement Date: 22 September 2021 Post Judgment Media Summary The following explanatory note is provided to assist the media in reporting this case and is not binding on the Constitutional […]
(Petition E007 of 2021) [2021] KEHC 110 (KLR) (Judgment) Brief facts The petitioner lost his identity card in 1989 and it was replaced within three days after the petitioner’s father paid some facilitation fee for the replacement. However, in 1990 the […]
By Zelda Venter Pretoria – Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) scored major legal victories in two separate cases on behalf of people who have been fighting the various arms of government for years in a bid to simply continue with […]
Extrait: II.6. Feuille de route pour le recensement et l’identification de la population Faisant suite à une recommandation faite aux membres du Gouvernement au cours de la Réunion du Conseil des Ministres du 02 juillet 2021, une Commission technique interministérielle […]
Ugandans who obtained dual citizenship in other Countries through falsified documents risk losing their Ugandan citizenship. This was revealed during a meeting organized by legislators of the East African Legislative Assembly in Kampala. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXoGKgLuC4A
Government says it is failing to import material for the production of national identity documents, birth certificates and passports due to sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western powers led by the United States. This came out during a hearing by […]
On rappelle qu’au Congo-Brazzaville, un cadre juridique solide a été adopté pour permettre à ces populations autochtones de faire valoir leurs droits. Après la loi de 2011 – la première en Afrique consacrée aux peuples autochtones –, un article a […]