Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

CRC: Combined second to fourth periodic reports submitted by Eswatini

July 8, 2019 6:09 pm Published by Comments Off on CRC: Combined second to fourth periodic reports submitted by Eswatini

CRC/C/SWZ/2-4 Combined second to fourth periodic reports submitted by Eswatini under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2011 [Date received: 19 December 2017] Part 4 Civil rights and freedoms 4.1.Birth registration, name and nationality and preservation of identity 58.Children’s […]


Preventing Statelessness among Migrants and Refugees: Birth Registration and Consular Assistance in Egypt and Morocco

July 8, 2019 5:14 pm Published by Comments Off on Preventing Statelessness among Migrants and Refugees: Birth Registration and Consular Assistance in Egypt and Morocco

By Bronwen Manby Abstract This paper presents a synthesis of research findings on the identification needs of Sub-Saharan African and other migrants and refugees in Egypt and Morocco, particularly focusing on children born outside the country of nationality of their […]


Migrant children face high risk of statelessness in SA – report

July 8, 2019 9:22 am Published by Comments Off on Migrant children face high risk of statelessness in SA – report

According to the report, which included more than 300 foreign national children, 40% of children have no evidence of their nationality. Kaylynn Palm CAPE TOWN – Close to 40% of foreign children entering South Africa are at risk of statelessness and […]


Zimbabwe: Birth certificate challenges in Masvingo

July 7, 2019 2:57 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Birth certificate challenges in Masvingo

By Walter Mswazie in Masvingo A NUMBER of children in Masvingo are still facing challenges in acquiring birth certificates because of a number of reasons among them death of parents and problems related to legal issues, an official has said. […]


Côte d’Ivoire: Le HCR évalue les activités de lutte contre l’apatridie dans le Bounkani

July 7, 2019 12:10 pm Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: Le HCR évalue les activités de lutte contre l’apatridie dans le Bounkani

Bouna, 05 juil (AIP)-Une mission du Haut Commissariat des nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) sejourne à Bouna dans le cadre de l’évaluation des activités de lutte contre l’apatridie dans la régio du Bounkani. Depuis mars 2018, le HCR a […]


Kenya: Another Huduma Namba listing planned for those who missed out

July 6, 2019 7:49 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Another Huduma Namba listing planned for those who missed out

By Reuben Githinji Another round of Huduma Namba registration will be done for the people who missed out on the extended period, Government Spokesman Cyrus Oguna has said. He said on Thursday that after the mass registration ended on May […]


The Ones Who Are, But Don’t Exist: Being Nubian, and Kenyan

July 5, 2019 2:06 pm Published by Comments Off on The Ones Who Are, But Don’t Exist: Being Nubian, and Kenyan

It is so absurd, to the extent that without an ID, one cannot legally die, which is what happened to my father. He does not have a death certificate because he did not have an ID. The state neither recognized […]


Government of Ghana considers implementing a bill which will allow dual citizens to hold public office

July 4, 2019 4:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Government of Ghana considers implementing a bill which will allow dual citizens to hold public office

Berlinda Entsie The government of Ghana says it will soon lay a bill before Parliament that allows persons with dual citizenship to hold public office in the country. The bill has been described as the Diaspora Engagement Policy Bill and […]


Loi ordinaire L/2019/035/AN du 04 juillet 2019, portant Code civil de la République de Guinée

July 4, 2019 10:06 am Published by Comments Off on Loi ordinaire L/2019/035/AN du 04 juillet 2019, portant Code civil de la République de Guinée

Abrogeant et remplaçant le Code civil de 1983. Promulgué par le Décret D/2019/222/PRG/SGG du 26 juillet 2019. Repeals and replaces the Code civil of 1983. TITRE IV: DE LA NATIONALITE SECTION I: DE L’ATTRIBUTION DE LA NATIONALITÉ GUINÉENNE EN RAISON […]


Côte d’Ivoire: Biometric card validity extended amid ongoing politicization of ID

July 4, 2019 9:11 am Published by Comments Off on Côte d’Ivoire: Biometric card validity extended amid ongoing politicization of ID

[Extract from: “Digital ID in Africa this week”] As the national ID card continuation is sworn into law, ID policy in Côte d’Ivoire is proving increasingly controversial. Notions of citizenship and nationality are coming to the fore again as the […]


Zimbabwe: ZHRC Masvingo public hearings off to dismal start

July 2, 2019 8:26 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: ZHRC Masvingo public hearings off to dismal start

Very few people attended the first day of the ZHRC public hearings at Flamboyant Hotel …as public criticises elitist approach, poor publicity By Clayton Shereni Public hearings on access to national documentation being conducted by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission […]


‘Ghana’s year of return: Citizenship without political rights’ – Prof Kwaku Azar writes

July 1, 2019 7:13 pm Published by Comments Off on ‘Ghana’s year of return: Citizenship without political rights’ – Prof Kwaku Azar writes

By Stephen Kwaku Asare | Professor at University of Florida and CDD-Ghana Democracy and Development Fellow in Public Law and Justice Ghana has declared 2019 as the “year of return” for Africans in the diaspora, as part of its commemoration […]