Extrait: Titre III : Des droits, devoirs et libertés de l’enfant Chapitre Ier : Des droits de l’enfant Section 1 : Du droit à la personnalité juridique de l’enfant Article 24 : Les droits suivants sont reconnus à l’enfant, notamment […]
By Dominique Nouvian Ouattara A name, an official identity, and a nationality recognised by everyone: most of us take these things for granted. Yet, for nearly a quarter-billion children around the world, including tens of millions in sub-Saharan Africa, such […]
EX.CL/Dec.1032(XXXIV) The Executive Council, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Reports of the Specialized Technical Committees (STCs); […] III. THE 1ST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE STC ON MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND IDPs, 29 OCTOBER -3 NOVEMBER 2018, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, MALABO-Doc.EX.CL/1107(XXXIV) […] B. […]
Report of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons submitted to the 34th ordinary session of the AU Executive Council, 7 – 8 February 2019, EX.CL/1107(XXXIV), on an extraordinary session held 2-3 November 2018 in Malabo […]
By Misairi Thembo Kahungu Kampala. At least 2.4m Ugandans aged 16 and above have not enrolled for the National Identity Cards, Daily Monitor can reveal. These include 585,265 people whose application for National IDs has been queried because they provided […]
By Robtel Neejai Pailey In 1973 Liberia introduced its Aliens and Nationality Law. This, and the country’s 1986 Constitution, allow only people of “Negro descent” – those who are black – to obtain Liberian citizenship by birth, ancestry or naturalisation. […]
By Biola Adebayo Nnamdi Kanu, the fugitive leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra has stirred new dust with his latest claim that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar is a Cameroonian. Atiku was born […]
COMMENT Immigration law expert Stefanie de Saude Darbandi, representing a family from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has helped bring about a change in immigration law by taking the case to the high court and Constitutional Court. This […]
L’un des plus sérieux concurrents du président Azali Assoumani à l’élection présidentielle anticipée du mois prochain, Mohamed Ali Soilihi, ancien vice-président, vient d’être entendu par un juge d’instruction dans le cadre de l’affaire dite de la « citoyenneté économique » : plus […]
By Bronwen Manby Summary The question of membership and belonging is widely recognized to have been at the root of many political crises in Africa since independence. The legal frameworks for citizenship were largely inherited from the colonial powers and […]
Case CCT249/18 [2019] ZACC 01 Judgement Date: 29 January 2019 Post Judgment Media Summary The following explanatory note is provided to assist the media in reporting this case and is not binding on the Constitutional Court or any member of the […]
Why has Liberia not enacted dual citizenship or repealed a constitutional ‘Negro clause’? by Robtel Neajai Pailey It has been exactly one year since newly inaugurated Liberian President George Manneh Weah sparked controversy by declaring staunch support for enacting dual citizenship and repealing a […]