THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said 29,5% of the 814 cases of people investigated in the Midlands province in September submitted that they were denied the right to education due to lack of birth certificates. BY VENERANDA LANGA […]
By Emrys Schoemaker (Caribou Digital), Tom Kirk (London School of Economics) and Isaac Rutenberg (Strathmore University Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT)). Download full report from Caribou Digital. Summary This report’s analysis of Kenya’s identification ecosystem provides an overview […]
By Tariro Washinyira About 2,000 Angolan former refugees, many of whom have lived in South Africa for decades, may have to leave at the end of 2021. According to the Scalabrini Centre, which has been fighting on behalf of the […]
La SNEC est assortie d’un plan d’actions avec un budget de mise en œuvre qui s’élève à 48,5 milliards F cfa, pour une période de 5 ans. Le ministre de l’Administration territoriale et de la Décentralisation, Boubacar Alpha Bah a […]
[extract] UNHCR supported the Congolese Government in the development and the adoption of a national plan on statelessness in the Republic of the Congo. UNHCR also sensitized members of the Congolese Parliament on statelessness issues. The Parliament members committed to […]
La cérémonie de remise a eu lieu sur le terrain de Gui Mo Wara en présence des cadres dudit parti, les notables et les parents des enfants. Plus d’une centaine d’enfants dépourvus d’actes de naissance du 8e arrondissement ont bénéficié enfin de ce […]
A total of 89 per cent Ugandan children do not have birth certificates, according to a new report by United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef). The report titled “The extent and nature of multidimensional child poverty and deprivation”, compiled after a […]
By IBRAHIM ORUKO Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi has criticised the legal provisions that place state jobs out of reach for Kenyans holding dual citizenships. Mr Mudavadi at the same time asked the Independent Electoral and boundaries Commission […]
Brewerville, Montserrado County – The call has been made to consider “nationality as a right” and to “allow children to gain the nationality of the country in which they are born if they would otherwise be stateless”. The call was […]
By Alison Misselhorn South Africa’s Constitution is one of the most inclusive and progressive in the world, a hard fought achievement to be proud of. Under section 29 of our Constitution everyone has the right to a basic education. “Everyone” […]
Bouna, 27 sept (AIP)- Une clinique juridique a été ouverte dans la région du Bounkani (Nord-est de la Côte d’Ivoire), dans le cadre de la lutte contre l’apatridie à travers le projet Droit à une nationalité pour tous (DNT). Cette clinique juridique est le […]
By Frank Hersey “[The National Integrated Identity Management System] thus is an archaic design compared to modern-day systems architecture and can be rightly thought of as a horse-buggy drawn by a lame horse on a digital highway. That it would […]