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 […]
-“Decreto Núm. 108/2.021, de fecha 13 de septiembre, por el que se otorga al súbdito serbio, Don BOSCO MARKOVIC, la nacionalidad ecuatoguineana. Visto el expediente de solicitud de Nacionalidad Ecuatoguineana, tramitado por el Ministerio de Justicia, Culto e Instituciones Penitenciarias, […]
Communities are taking action as they challenge decades of discrimination at the hands of national and local authorities By Thomas McGee As Libya’s much-anticipated 24 December general elections edge closer, the last month has seen an intensification of frustration and […]
REPORTS yesterday said the Registrar-General’s office would from Monday resume issuing birth certificates, passports and identity documents (IDs) after months of closure due to COVID-19 lockdowns. The exercise, we are told, would target the marginalised San community in Tsholotsho and […]
Résumé du plan d’action national de lutte contre l’apatridie En vertu du droit international, les États définissent les règles d’attribution, d’acquisition, de changement et de retrait de la nationalité. En même temps, la liberté des États en matière de nationalité […]
By Victor Raballa & Angeline Ochieng Over the years, different groups of Kenyans have sued the British government for one reason or another. There were maimed and bereaved families in Samburu that sued after unexploded ordnances were left behind by […]