La DAARA (direction d’appui et d’aide aux réfugiés et apatrides) et le HCR, à l’initiative de l’ambassade de Suisse, ont organisé, le 2 mars, une séance de visionnage de film avec des marionnettes de la compagnie Ivoire Marionnette à Abidjan. […]
Samedi 2 mars, plusieurs enfants dont l’âge est compris entre 3 mois et 14 ans, accompagnés par leurs parents, se sont rendus à la paroisse Saint Laurent de Yopougon Kouté, dans l’ouest d’Abidjan, pour constituer leur dossier en vue de […]
Opinion By Cris Magoba On March 2, 2016, the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State launched the new generation EAC e-passport and directed that its issuance takes effect from January 1, 2017. The Heads of State further directed that […]
By Amanda James When Mahmoud Hussein’s wallet was stolen by a pickpocket, he knew he needed to get a new ID card immediately. In Kenya, a person needs an ID card to vote, enroll in school, get a job, obtain […]
Le REJODEC (réseau des journalistes pour la défense des droits de l’enfant et les couches vulnérables), vient de bénéficier d’une formation à l’UNICEF. Les professionnels des média ont reçu les connaissances additionnelles dans le cadre de sensibilisation sur l’importance et […]
L’acte de naissance est une pièce essentielle pour la constitution du dossier à ce premier examen officiel. Pour cette année scolaire 2018-2019, d’autres recalés s’annoncent dans la région de l’extrême-nord, faute d’actes de naissance. Pour mémoire l’année académique 2017-2018, 18 000 […]
By Bettina Ng’weno and L. Obura Aloo Law and Society Review, Vol.53, issue 1, March 2019, Pages 141-172 https://doi.org/10.1111/lasr.12395 Abstract In 2010, like many African countries since the 1990s, Kenya passed a new constitution. This constitution aimed to get rid […]
Highlights Birth registration – the official recording of a child’s birth by the government – establishes the existence of a child under law and provides the foundation for safeguarding many of a child’s civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. […]
By Nezo Sobekwa, Luyanda Ndaba COMMENT “To be stateless is like you don’t exist; you live in a parallel world with no proof of your identity,” says Leal in a United Nations Refugee Agency video, Voices of Stateless: Leal’s Story […]
CRC/C/GIN/CO/3-6 Concluding observations on the combined third to sixth periodic reports of Guinea Extract: Birth registration 21.The Committee notes the ongoing reform undertaken by the State party to improve State functions in the area of civil status matters, including the […]
Art.42: “Every recognized refugee or asylum seeker who fulfils the necessary requirements provided in the relevant provisions of the Ethiopian Nationality Law relating to naturalization may apply to acquire Ethiopian Nationality by law.” Download from REFWORLD: https://www.refworld.org/docid/44e04ed14.html
CABINET on Tuesday approved amendments to the Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill to allow dual citizenship as part of the on-going process of aligning the country’s laws with the 2013 national constitution. The current Act prohibits the simultaneous holding of a Zimbabwean […]