CRC/C/MRT/CO/3-5 Extract: Birth registration The Committee welcomes the measures taken to promote birth registration, including reforms of the civil registration system, introduction of biometric registration and expansion of registration centres. However, it remains concerned about the persisting low rate of […]
Those on the verge of becoming full citizens in Guinea-Bissau are beneficiaries of a policy that stands in contrast to that of many other countries By Ruth Maclean in Pelundo, Guinea-Bissau Eduardo Marina was harvesting in the peanut fields with […]
JOHANNESBURG – Eight siblings who could not attend school for several years because they didn’t have birth certificates have now had their births Registered. Some of the children had been to school before but had to drop out a few […]
By Charles Mabhena Harare: President Mnangagwa’s ally and Zimbabwe Minister of Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi has rubbished allegations that the government plans to withdraw diasporans citizenships over their non contribution of tax to the country. Social media […]
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is drafting a new constitutional amendment that would automatically cancel citizenship from anyone who would have stayed abroad for five years without paying tax to his government or resist newly proposed diaspora tax, a development that […]
Born on 25th of November, 1996, Oyetunde Oyebisi was a great source of joy to his parents and the entire family. He was christened according to the norms and his full name and his date of birth were written on […]
Part 3 of the Belonging series on statelessness in South Africa. This is the story of Nosipho and Ayanda and their struggle for citizenship. For other videos in the series, see: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU59aXTYQXr3tX-83VXlzosgEnGEKaacH
[opinion] By Stefanie de Saude Darbandi Changes to new immigrant legislation could mean that many long-term residents are no longer eligible to remain in South Africa. All indications are that the new law may be implemented in the next few […]
The Births and Deaths Registry has indicated that having a credible data on the human resources base of the country was key for good governance and nation building. It is said that such statistics enabled the government to develop and […]
[…] the co-submitting organisations urge reviewing States to make the following recommendations to Côte d’Ivoire: I. Fully promote, respect, protect and fulfil its obligations towards stateless persons under international human rights law and protect the right to a nationality for […]
Si le Sénégal a la réputation d’être un Etat de droit, la rigueur de son organisation régalienne reste un paradoxe, de l’avis de la population. Tous les jours ouvrables, beaucoup de gens se présentent, très tôt le matin, dans les […]
There are those who came to Egypt alongside foreign occupiers or as invaders, and those who came to escape war or poor conditions in their own countries, seeking asylum elsewhere. This is not to mention those people living in Egypt because of […]