Update on pledges Awareness and advocacy Issuance of nationality documentation Strengthening birth registration Legislative reform Accession to conventions Protecting stateless people Measuring statelessness Download : https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/82610
Sudan’s transitional government has stripped thousands of foreigners, including Syrians, from their naturalised Sudanese citizenship, Erm News reported yesterday. In an official statement, the government said that the foreigners had acquired the Sudanese nationality in “illegitimate ways during the era […]
by KEVIN CHERUIYOT The High Court’s ruling on Thursday to nullify 23 bills that were passed by the National Assembly without involving the Senate could cause a potential hitch for President Uhuru Kenyatta. Among the bills affected is the Statute […]
In September 2019, the Legislature adopted a Joint Resolution (“The Resolution”) proposing a constitutional referendum to amend various articles of the Liberian Constitution. Proposition One of the Resolution (“The Proposition”) seeks to amend article 28 (art. 28) of the Constitution, […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has sentenced former cabinet minister Uladi Mussa to six years in jail after he was found guilty in a corruption trial linked to the passport case. Mussa, who served as Minister of Home Affairs and […]
By Mwaka Ndawa THE State has argued that it has strictly followed the provisions of the Constitution in implementing the mobile registration exercise and in the issuance of National Registration Cards and has abided by the National Registration Act Chapter […]
Lokossa, 21 Oct. (ABP) – Le président du tribunal de première instance de deuxième classe de Lokossa, le magistrat Maximilien Kpèhounou a, suite aux nombreuses requêtes liées à la rectification d’actes de naissance au niveau des tribunaux, exhorté mardi lors […]
1. The Somali Women Development Centre (SWDC), the Somaliland Human Rights Centre (SHRC), the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR)and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the […]
This report provides an overview and analysis of Ghana’s identification ecosystem (IE). It discusses seven major identification (ID) systems: Birth Certificates, Voter ID cards, National Health Insurance cards, Driver’s Licences, Passports, National Identification cards (Ghanacard), and SIM cards. The authors […]
On 19th October 2020, the Nubian Rights Forum, alongside Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE), Haki Centre, Haki na Sheria Initiative, Kenya Human Rights Commission and Defenders Kenya – Coalition held a joint press briefing to issue a press statement […]
Selon nos sources, « les pratiques culturelles néfastes, le manque de personnels qualifiés, la démotivation des personnels engagés dans le processus d’établissement des actes d’état civil et le manque d’édifices des centres secondaires d’état civil… » sont, entre autres raisons, […]
Par Fatima Zohra Bouaziz Si le gouvernement a lancé une première campagne en 2017 qui, en décembre 2018, aréussi à inscrire 53 418 enfants à l’état civil, il y a cependant encore 100 000 enfants «invisibles » au Maroc, rapporte […]