Including the following information on African states: On 17 and 18 January, the Kenya Human Rights Commission convened a workshop on digital identity and citizenship with representatives from the Government of Kenya and from stateless communities in Naivasha, Kenya. The […]
CCPR/C/AGO/CO/2 Observations finales concernant le deuxième rapport périodique de l’Angola Demandeurs d’asile et réfugiés 39.Le Comité prend note avec satisfaction de la politique de l’État partie visant à accueillir un grand nombre de migrants et de demandeurs d’asile sur son […]
Introduction 1. Focus Development Association, La Campagne Mondiale Pour L’Egalité des Droits en Matière de Nationalité, et l’Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (Institute)3 présentent cette soumission conjointe à l’Examen périodique universel (EPU) sur les défis en matière de Droits de […]
BY OGUNBOWALE OLUGBENGA Do you have a passport? A Nigerian Passport? Congratulations! You are one of the lucky few who have endured the torment of queuing up for hours, days, weeks and sometimes months to secure a passport for the […]
Lawyers for Human Rights and Abba Specialist Adoption and Social Services welcome the Department of Home Affairs’ decision to register 33 abandoned children with birth certificates, after LHR approached the Pretoria High Court on behalf of Abba Specialist Adoption and […]
Un dirigeant du Front islamique algérien pour la justice et le développement (FJD) a créé la polémique, en déclarant que l’actuel président du Conseil de la nation, la première chambre du parlement algérien, ne pourrait pas diriger le pays si […]
By MAUREEN KAKAH Business tycoon Humphrey Kariuki Ndegwa, the owner of Africa Spirits Limited who is facing a tax evasion investigation, has moved to court to challenge a law on the declaration of dual citizenship. Detectives who questioned Mr Kariuki […]
It’s taken four months for the government to fully establish clarity on this situation, but better late than never hey? The requirement for foreign minors to produce a birth certificate upon arrival in South Africa is set to be dropped, […]
Mettre le personnel de santé en lien avec le centre d’état civil en vue de permettre à celui-ci de capter désormais toutes les naissances qui interviennent dans toutes les maternités et de les déclarer à l’état civil. Tel est l’un […]
By Meddy Mulisa in Bukoba THREE people, including a village chairman have been taken to court for allegedly conspiring to forge citizenship certificates to non-nationals, the Kagera Regional Immigration Officer (RIO), Mr Pendo Buteng’e has disclosed. He named the accused […]
By Peter Saramba and Phinias Bashaya Mwanza/Bukoba. One of the students arrested in the country for allegedly benefiting from loans offered by the Higher Students Loans Board (HESLB) despite being a foreign national has said she always regarded herself as […]
By Nokuthaba Nkomo The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has channelled a budget of over $800 000 to probe and address challenges being experienced in accessing identity documents. Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday, ZHRC chairperson Elasto Mugwadi said […]