The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2020 will finally be tabled before Parliament after it was published in the Government Gazette of October 30. The new Bill by the Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Anna Mokgethi seeks to amend sections […]
High Court Judgement: Wheeler v RG and Others HH 181-20 judgment Supreme Court Order: Wheeler v RG and Others Supreme Court Order 2020-11-06 Note on the case by Tafadzwa Ralph Mugabe Legal Counsel: CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION ADVISORY NOTE #13 of […]
Loi n° 2020-012 autorisant la ratification du protocole à la charte africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des peuples, relatif aux droits des personnes âgées, adopté le 31 janvier 2016 à Addis-Abeba en Ethiopie Loi n° 2020-013 autorisant la ratification […]
Depuis six ans, le Haut-commissariat des Nations unies aux réfugiés (Hcr) a initié aux côtés des gouvernements, une campagne de sensibilisation sur l’apatridie en vue de l’éradiquer dans tous les pays. Ainsi, dans sa volonté d’apporter son aide aux pays, […]
La Représentation nationale donne son quitus pour l’adhésion du Togo à la convention sur la réduction des cas d’apatridie. La Représentation nationale a délibéré et adopté au cours de la huitième séance plénière de la deuxième session ordinaire de l’année […]
La représentation nationale a délibéré et adopté au cours de la huitième séance plénière de la deuxième session ordinaire de l’année 2020, tenue le 04 novembre 2020, le projet de loi autorisant l’adhésion du Togo à la Convention sur la […]
88th Pre-Sessional Working Group 08 -12 February 2021 The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Centre for Child Law and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (the Institute) welcome the opportunity to make this submission […]
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 […]