AU CHAPITRE DES MESURES LEGISLATIVES ET REGLEMENTAIRES AU TITRE DU MINISTERE DE LA JUSTICE ET DES DROITS DE L’HOMME Sur le rapport du ministre de la Justice et des Droits de l’Homme, Garde des Sceaux, le Conseil des Ministres a […]
Le combat pour l’établissement des actes de naissance dans les régions de l’Adamaoua, du Nord et de l’extrême-Nord est mené depuis plusieurs années déjà. Malgré la réticence observée des populations, parfois due à leur l’ignorance, le gouvernement avec l’appui des […]
By Dianne Hubbard Namibian citizenship only came into being when Namibia became an independent nation on 21 March 1990, after a decades-long liberation struggle. During Namibia’s colonial occupation, its inhabitants were identified against their will first as German nationals (from […]
By KEVIN ROTICH For decades, the Shona community endured socio-economic challenges before President Uhuru Kenyatta recognised them as a Kenyan tribe on December 12, 2020. This can be traced to between the 1950s and 1960s when their ancestors first came […]
Extracts relevant to Africa: Mobilizing Governments and Civil Society On 7 November, the Consolidated Action Plan of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on the Eradication of Statelessness (2017-2024) was validated during a regional inter-ministerial committee meeting. […]
Amnesty international Bénin a organisé vendredi, 08 janvier 2021 à l’Infosec à Cotonou, un atelier de concertation interministérielle et de certaines agences sur la prise en compte de la question de l’apatridie dans les réformes sur l’état civil au Bénin […]
By Bernard Mugendi The Shona community lived in the shadows and were previously not willing to engage with activists due to the fear generated by numerous arrests and harassment they’d been systematically subjected to, especially during the Moi era. Resultantly, […]
By Keren Weitzberg ‘I do not have any documentation that shows that I am a Kenyan,’ Adan lamented. ‘My children have a birth certificate that says: “single parent”. It’s like I had died. And yet I am alive.’ Adan is […]
Adama ne connaît pas son âge. Depuis sa venue au monde, elle n’a jamais eu d’acte de naissance. Officiellement, cette fillette n’existe donc pas. « Je connais mon nom parce qu’on m’appelle Adama Seini », souffle-t-elle. A l’école Camp militaire de Mora, dans la […]
Depuis six ans les ingénieurs burkinabé Adama Sawadogo et français Francis Bourrières proposent un dispositif innovant qui permet l’enregistrement des naissances à distance : iCivil. Lorsqu’un enfant naît, la sage-femme lui remet un bracelet doté d’un code à bulles unique […]
Law activist and academician, Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare aka Kwaku Azar has once again penned a position challenging the explanation given by some individuals on the position of the law on dual citizenship. The outspoken lawyer in his article explained […]
Young Liberian academic Dr. Robtel Neajai Pailey has launched a book in Monrovia on Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa: The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia. Launching the book in the auditorium of the University of Liberia […]