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Snapshot of CRVS systems in Ethiopia

January 1, 2019 1:46 pm Published by Comments Off on Snapshot of CRVS systems in Ethiopia

Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a brief introduction to the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in Ethiopia. The information was collected through a questionnaire completed by the Federal Vital Events Registration Agency (FVERA) in […]


Snapshot of CRVS systems in Kenya

January 1, 2019 1:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Snapshot of CRVS systems in Kenya

Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a brief introduction to the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in Kenya. The information was collected through a questionnaire completed by the Civil Registration Services in December 2018 and […]


Snapshot of CRVS systems in Uganda

January 1, 2019 1:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Snapshot of CRVS systems in Uganda

Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a brief introduction to the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in Uganda. The information was collected through a questionnaire completed by the National Identification and Registration Authority in January […]


Snapshot of CRVS systems in the DRC

January 1, 2019 1:17 pm Published by Comments Off on Snapshot of CRVS systems in the DRC

Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a brief introduction to the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in the Democratic Republic of Congo The information was collected through a questionnaire completed by the Civil Registration Division […]


La prévention de l’apatridie dans le système africain des droits de l’homme

January 1, 2019 12:20 pm Published by Comments Off on La prévention de l’apatridie dans le système africain des droits de l’homme

RF Avlessi ‘La prévention de l’apatridie dans le système africain des droits de l’homme’ (2019) 3 Annuaire africain des droits de l’homme 276-297 http://doi.org/10.29053/2523-1367/2019/v3a14 RÉSUMÉ: L’apatridie n’est pas un phénomène nouveau en Afrique. Cependant, il a pris des tournures inquiétantes […]


Removals to Somalia in Light of the Convention against Torture: Recent Evidence from Somali Bantu Deportees

January 1, 2019 9:58 am Published by Comments Off on Removals to Somalia in Light of the Convention against Torture: Recent Evidence from Somali Bantu Deportees

Daniel J. Van Lehman and Estelle M. McKee GEORGETOWN IMMIGRATION LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 33, No.3, pp.357-397] Somali Bantu refugees deported against their will from the United States are shackled in chains during their removal to Somalia. Ancestors of the Somali […]


Citizenship and Human Rights in the Ethiopian Federal Republic

January 1, 2019 8:24 am Published by Comments Off on Citizenship and Human Rights in the Ethiopian Federal Republic

By Berihun Adugna Gebeye Ethiopian Constitutional and Public Law Series Vol. 10: 9-44 (2019) This article explores and examines the citizenship and human rights architecture under the Ethiopian Constitution. As Ethiopia is imagined as a community of Nations, Nationalities and […]


Vices of Discrimination: The Impacts of Vetting and Delays in the Issuance of ID Cards in Kenya

December 31, 2018 8:55 pm Published by Comments Off on Vices of Discrimination: The Impacts of Vetting and Delays in the Issuance of ID Cards in Kenya

This policy brief aims to highlight the plight of Kenyans who face difficulties in getting identity cards due to their ethnicity. It sheds light on how the discretionary and discriminatory processes they endure delay the issuance of their ID cards and […]


Guinée: Parlement : l’alliance républicaine insiste sur la mise en œuvre du code civil tel que libellé

December 31, 2018 12:45 pm Published by Comments Off on Guinée: Parlement : l’alliance républicaine insiste sur la mise en œuvre du code civil tel que libellé

Par Fidel Momou Le groupe parlementaire Alliance républicaine (AR) composé de l’Union des Forces Républicaines (UFR) et l’Union pour le Progrès de la Guinée (UPG), bien qu’ayant réservé un vote favorable au code civil, a exprimé quelques préoccupations avant d’insister […]


Sudanese Nationality Act (Amendment) 2018

December 30, 2018 9:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Sudanese Nationality Act (Amendment) 2018

Pursuant to the provisions of the Sudan Interim Constitution 2005, the National Assembly passed and the President of the Republic signed the following Act: Title and commencement of the Act 1- This Act shall be cited as the ‘Sudanese Nationality […]


Sudanese Nationality Act 1994, as amended 2006, 2011 & 2018

December 30, 2018 3:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Sudanese Nationality Act 1994, as amended 2006, 2011 & 2018

Provisional Decree No. 18 of 18/8/1993 was adopted with amendments by resolution of the Transitional National Assembly No.59 of 3/5/1994 and by signature of the President of the Republic on 17/5/1994. Amended by Miscellaneous Amendments Act No.1 of 2006, and […]


What future does SA offer foreigners and their SA-born children?

December 28, 2018 6:57 pm Published by Comments Off on What future does SA offer foreigners and their SA-born children?

Chisom Jenniffer Okoye Is this a country that does not tolerate foreign nationals and renders their local-born children stateless? What is the future of the young man or woman who moved to SA with their parents at a young age […]