By Rodney Sieh Monrovia – A Supreme Court ruling Monday, inspired by the perseverance of Cllr. Seward Cooper, a former legal advisor to former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and his client Attorney A Teage Jalloh, nullifying the controversial laws barring dual […]
Case on constitutionality of section 22.1 and 22.2 of the Aliens and Nationality Law concerning automatic loss of nationality on performance of certain acts. Download order: Liberia-Supreme-Court-Judgment-Dual-Citizenship-Alvin-Teage-Jalloh_2019 Download judgment: Liberia Supreme Court Judgment Dual Citizenship 23-Dec-2019-full
By Lennart Dodoo MONROVIA – Mr. Alvin Teage Jalloh, a Liberian with American citizenship, has won a landmark dual citizenship case against the Government of Liberia at the Supreme Court in Liberia. Jalloh, a natural-born Liberian was denied travel document […]
By Michele Eken Kenya is home to a blossoming $1 billion technology scene, but a new government-run digital identification program is stirring up controversy with concerns about data privacy and discrimination. As a leader in the tech industry, what happens […]
By Michele Eken Kenya is home to a blossoming $1 billion technology scene, but a new government-run digital identification program is stirring up controversy with concerns about data privacy and discrimination. As a leader in the tech industry, what happens […]
UNHCR in conjunction with the Ministry of Internal Affairs organized and facilitated a round table discussion on statelessness from 11th -13th September in Entebbe. The meeting sought to validate the Uganda national action plan (NAP) on statelessness, develop a road […]
By Christine Hobden There is a widely recognised dissonance between the progressive, inclusive vision of South Africa’s constitution and xenophobia experienced by foreign nationals across South Africa. It can be tempting to describe this tension as one between good, inclusive […]
Un enfant sur cinq n’a pas été déclaré à sa naissance, selon un rapport de l’ONU, publié fin 2019. par Eléonore Abou Ez Malgré une nette amélioration de la déclaration des naissances, plusieurs millions d’enfants de moins de cinq ans […]
Au cours de son discours sur l’état de la Nation, Félix Tshisekedi appelle à des réflexions approfondies qui permettront de résoudre définitivement la question sur la double nationalité en RDC, qu’il qualifie d’ambiguïté nationale. « J’en appelle ici à des […]
Le taux d’enregistrement des naissances est passé de 60 pour cent en 2006 à 86 pour cent en 2017, faisant du Bénin l’un des pays avec le taux les plus élevés en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre, a annoncé […]
(2840/2017) [2019] ZAECGHC 126 Introduction [1] Central to this application is the right to basic education enshrined, without any qualification, in section 29 of the Constitution. The application concerns children who have been precluded from unconditionally continuing to attend public […]
Selon ce nouveau rapport de l’Unicef, les enfants les plus touchés par ce problème seraient ceux qui vivent dans les zones les plus affectées par la crise sécuritaire. Il précise aussi que 22% des enfants enregistrés, leur acte de naissance […]