April 1, 2021 12:10 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Daniel Mekonnen and Sara Palacios Arapiles Summary: This Independent Expert Report (hereinafter “the report”) is concerned with challenges experienced by Eritrean refugees in Europe in the context of family reunification processes, in particular those relating to strict documentary requirements […]
April 1, 2021 7:50 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
RESUME EXECUTIF La République du Niger a souscrit à l’essentiel des conventions internationales et régionales visant à lutter contre le phénomène de l’apatridie. Au niveau universel, le pays a ratifié la Convention de 1954 relative au statut des apatrides et […]
March 31, 2021 6:59 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1961 CONVENTION 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The 1961 Convention is the only universal instrument that elaborates clear and concrete safeguards to prevent the occurrence of statelessness. […]
March 30, 2021 5:09 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
By James Gwati Malawi nationals who are resident in the country and have Zimbabwean citizenship have received with joy the news that their country would now allow them to enjoy both Zimbabwean citizenship and that of their home country. CFMNews […]
March 30, 2021 10:20 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Tabeth Masengu Introduction Malawi is one of the few African countries that has decided to retain gender discrimination present in its nationality laws, despite amending its constitution within the last three years. Malawi’s Citizenship Act permits foreign wives to […]
March 30, 2021 7:59 am
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By Ayang Macdonald The deadline for Nigerians to procure and integrate the biometrics-based National Identification Number (NIN) with their SIM cards as directed by the Federal Government should be extended by another two months, a Federal High Court in the […]
March 29, 2021 2:31 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Governments around the world are increasingly making registration in national ID systems mandatory for populations to access social benefits, healthcare services, and other forms of state support. By virtue of their design, these systems inevitably exclude certain population groups from […]
March 27, 2021 2:15 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) – Kenya authorities on Friday denied IDs to hundreds of Somali people who lived in Kenya’s coastal region for more than thirty years barely two days after the East Africa nation ordered UN to draft a plan […]
March 26, 2021 8:51 am
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Eba Kandovazu THE High Court will on 19 April 2021 deliver judgment on whether or not twin baby girls that were born via surrogacy in South Africa will be granted permission to enter Namibia. The names of the twins’ parents, […]
March 25, 2021 8:45 am
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By Eba Kandovazu THE parents of twin babies, Paula and Maya, have approached the High Court in Windhoek to seek an order that will compel the Namibian Government to grant the newborn pair citizenship. Guillermo Delgado was accompanied by his […]
March 24, 2021 4:42 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Rwanda’s electronic national population register (NPR) and ID project was first launched in 2008 and has since achieved impressive coverage. Today, the NPR captures the information of approximately 98 percent of the population. It is commonly considered to be one […]
March 23, 2021 8:57 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Ghady Abdulaziz Tens of thousands of stateless people live in Libya. Successive governments have been holding out the prospect of citizenship to them for decades – and complicate everything ever more. The family of Yousef Abdulkareem, a 54-year-old teacher, […]
