The government of Kenya introduced the National Integrated Identity Management System, NIIMS, which came to be popularly known as Huduma Namba in January 2019. NIIMS was to put in place a new centralized and digital population register as a “single […]
Atuguba, Raymond A., Francis Xavier Dery Tuokuu, and Vitus Gbang. ‘Statelessness in West Africa: An Assessment of Stateless Populations and Legal, Policy, and Administrative Frameworks in Ghana’. Journal on Migration and Human Security 8, no. 1 (2020): 14–31. Drawing on […]
Consolidated Petitions No. 56, 58 & 59 of 2019 Background (extract from Interim Judgment of 1 April 2019): 1. On 20th November 2018 the National Assembly voted in favour of the enactment into law of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) […]
By Zvamaida Murwira The Government has partnered the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in a census for people living in the Diaspora to ensure they access the requisite national documents. The project is part of a collective effort to fight […]
Millions face hurdles in obtaining documents to get a biometric ID card that will be required to function in the country. Without one, “you are totally a living dead,” a human rights advocate said. By Abdi Latif Dahir For all […]
En cela, la procédure d’acquisition de la nationalité congolaise devrait être respectée par des lois particulières et aussi des aménagements concernant le ius soli, et le ius sanguinus pour éviter ce problème sur la nationalité. Cette raison peut expliquer la […]
In Cape Town’s Phillipi township, one woman is fighting to secure nationality for herself and her child. by Jamaine Krige & Yeshiel Panchia Luthando*, 28: ‘I went to court and I won the case but I am still stateless’ It […]
CRC/C/DJI/3-5 Committee on the Rights of the Child: Combined third to fifth periodic reports submitted by Djibouti under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2012 [Date received: 6 February 2019] A.Birth registration 162.Birth registration, far from being a mere […]
ANNUAL MESSAGE TO THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL LEGISLATURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR. GEORGE MANNEH WEAH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA THE CAPITOL BUILDING CAPITOL HILL MONROVIA, LIBERIA 27 JANUARY 2020 […]
A refugee describes fleeing violence in eastern DRC with her children only to face the fear of more in South Africa. by Jamaine Krige & Yeshiel Panchia In the third of a four-part series on South Africa’s stateless children, a […]
In a shelter near the border, girls dream of futures that may be out of reach if they cannot secure documents by Jamaine Krige & Yeshiel Panchia Precious*, 12: ‘They said if you come to South Africa there is a […]
Precious Masakara The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has come up with recommendations to various stakeholders following their public hearings on access to documentation. The recommendations were directed to the Registrar-General’s office, Zimbabwe Republic Police, The Parliament of Zimbabwe, Ministries […]