Extract from UNOWAS Magazine #8 (June 2019) : « Peaceful elections » The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission has been established in 2002 to facilitate the implementation of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judg–ment on the Cameroon-Nigeria boundary dispute as well […]
The National Defense and Security Committee of the House of Representatives on Sunday approved a bill amending the Nationality Law. Chairman of the committee, Major General Kamal Amer said that these amendments aim at granting citizenship in exchange for investments, […]
By Nico Gous Home affairs has two weeks to reinstate the ID number of a four-year-old child born in Polokwane and issue him with a new birth certificate. This is in terms of a directive issued by the public protector […]
Le gouvernement ivoirien a annoncé le lancement des nouvelles cartes d’identité biométriques pour octobre prochain. À l’aune de l’élection présidentielle de 2020, certains députés doutent de l’efficacité de ces cartes et s’inquiètent du coût pour les citoyens. Les nouvelles cartes […]
ADDIS ABEBA – Government and United Nations agencies launched on Friday a center where refugees can access services such as the registration of births, marriages, divorces, and deaths and receive protection referrals and civil documentation. These services will also be […]
The Complainant is a South African citizen who had a child with a Zimbabwean national who held a Permanent Residence Certificate in the Republic at the time the child was born on 11 December 2014. Finds that: “The cancellation of […]
By DAVID MWERE Ms Mwende Mwinzi, who has all but passed the parliamentary vetting for the position of Kenya’s High Commissioner to Seoul, South Korea, now faces a tough choice. She can either renounce her US citizenship and take up […]
Bouna, 17 adolescents membres du parlement des enfants et leaders d’enfants ont été instruits samedi à Bouna sur l’importance de l’Etat-civil, par la représentation régionale du Haut Commissariat des nations unies pour les réfugiés HCR du Bounkani. Cette activité financée […]
Le vice-président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) en charge de la gouvernance économique, Célestin Monga, s’est dit vendredi « choqué » du non-enregistrement de 1,7 million d’enfants à l’état civil en Côte d’Ivoire, face à la presse à […]
Summary In order to participate fully in society and exercise their rights as Ugandan citizens, children born in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) captivity need access to birth registration. At present, this is prohibited by a number of factors. Recommendations […]
Une campagne contre l’apatridie dans les zones rurales. L’initiative est pilotée par l’Association des femmes juristes de Côte d’Ivoire. La question est épineuse dans le pays alors que de nombreuses personnes n’ont pas de papiers. La loi impose que les […]
Lawyers for Human Rights welcomes the decision by the High Court this week dismissing an attempt by the Department of Home Affairs to deprive a stateless child of her right to citizenship. This decision will hopefully end the 6 year […]