By Francinah Baaitse Mmana Since 2013 scores of Batswana of Angolan descent have been rendered stateless after government revoked their national identity cards. This started when government used the renunciation law, which requires children born of a foreign parent to […]
Sixth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (Experts Meeting) 23-27 November 2020 Video-Conference STC/Legal/Exp/ Report Original: English Draft Protocol to The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Specific Aspects on the […]
Imbert-Vier, Simon. « Identifier les nationaux à Djibouti (1946-2004) », Le Mouvement Social, vol. 273, no. 4, 2020, pp. 129-145. Cet article étudie les modalités du constat de la nationalité des habitants par l’administration de la Côte française des Somalis, après la […]
By Monique Bennett The Bill of Rights states that every child has the right to a name and a nationality from birth and that the child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child. Without a […]
M’Bahiakro, 29 nov 2020 (AIP) – Des extraits d’acte de naissance établis pour des enfants de 5 à 17 ans, qui n’avaient pas été déclarés à l’état civil, ont été officiellement remis, samedi 28 novembre 2020, à leurs parents, lors […]
Un enfant qui n’est pas déclaré à la naissance n’existe pas juridiquement. La déclaration et l’enregistrement des naissances, l’inscription officielle dans les registres d’état-civil établissent au regard de la loi l’existence de l’enfant et constituent ainsi les conditions minimales permettant […]
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Federal government has approved a joint council memo of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development with the Federal Ministry of Interior to end statelessness in Nigeria. It was learnt that the […]
Aboisso- La correction du faible taux de déclaration des naissances permet de lutter contre l’apatridie, a fait valoir, jeudi 26 novembre 2020, le secrétaire général de préfecture d’Aboisso, Akoi N’guessan Jean, représentant le préfet de région et préfet du département […]
By Ernest Mabuza Brothers Joseph Emmanuel Jose and Jonathan Diabaka are entitled to South African citizenship even though their parents are Angolan. This follows a ruling of the Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday, when it dismissed, with a punitive cost […]
The High Court has allowed Katiba Institute and law scholar Yash Pal Ghai permission to challenge the roll-out of Huduma Namba cards over lack of guarantees of theft or misuse of Kenyans personal information. The lobby group and Prof Ghai […]
The Minister of Home Affairs and Others v Jose and Another (169/2020) [2020] ZASCA 152 (25 November 2020) The appeal is dismissed with costs, to be paid on the scale as between attorney and client after 2 August 2020, such […]
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia will hold a referendum next month on constitutional changes to reduce the length of the president’s term and allow for dual citizenship, as it has resolved a procedural issue that risked its cancellation, the election commission […]