Extracts: Mobilizing Governments and Civil Society From 16 to 18 April, a Ministerial Conference on the Eradication of Statelessness in the Great Lakes Region took place in Nairobi, Kenya. It was organized by the Government of Kenya, the International Conference […]
Kenya’s Pemba community have been living in statelessness for decades. The consequences of being unable to obtain legal documents and citizenship have grave consequences for community members- unable to access basic services, register birth certificates for their children and excluded […]
INTRODUCTION To have a meaningful existence in South Africa, identification documentation is vital. A variety of rights flow from such a document; it establishes a nationality, an identity, and an ability to function within a formal society. For a child, […]
Ordinary citizens told to try again after 2021, because country does not have funds to import the ink and paper needed for the documents By KEVIN SAMAITA Harare — Zimbabweans seeking travel documents to leave the country are enduring nightmares […]
BY CHARLES LAITON Supreme Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi has come hard on registrar-general Clemence Masango, who has been denying returning Zimbabweans citizenship status, saying the move by his office is discouraging investment. Justice Mathonsi made the remarks in a […]
Par Adama WADE Il avait pris la Somalie et pensait rendre le Botswana. Ce slogan du président Mohamed Abdel Aziz s’est évanoui dans les fumées et les lacrymogènes des manifestations post-électorales qui secouent le pays depuis le 22 juin 2019. […]
CRC/C/CPV/CO/2 Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Cabo Verde Birth registration and nationality 31.The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts resulting in almost universal birth registration but is concerned about children not yet registered and the difference in […]
Les autorités affirment avoir arrêté des “étrangers” qui voulaient destabiliser le pays. L’opposition et les défenseurs des droits humains affirment qu’il s’agit de Négro-Mauritaniens et parlent de “racisme”. Au moins une centaine de personnes ont été arrêtées depuis le début […]
L’Assemblée nationale a adopté Le président de la Réplique promulgue la loi dont la teneur suit: Article 1: Il est institué une carte nationale d’identité biométrique. Article 2: La carte nationale d’identité biométrique est une carte à puce électronique sécurisé […]
CONAKRY-Le Gouvernement guinéen en collaboration avec la Banque Mondiale a lancé ce mercredi 26 juin 2019 le programme d’identification unique pour l’inclusion et l’intégration sous régionale. L’objectif visé est de doter chaque résident guinéen et chaque guinéen à l’étranger d’un […]
CRC/C/BWA/CO/2-3 Concluding observations on the combined second and third reports of Botswana Extract: Birth registration and nationality 29.The Committee welcomes the measures taken to promote birth registration, including through the amended National Registration Act, but remains concerned about the significant […]
Editorial These are not the best of times for the average Nigerian citizen. At home the dire straits of the economy impose hardship hitherto unknown in our documented history. The social climate is akin to that of a season of […]