Aspiring to be model in the region for guaranteeing protections to refugee and asylum seeking Syrians, proposed changes to Egypt’s citizenship laws appear instead to deny the right to nationality and put vulnerable people at risk of statelessness Egypt has […]
La sous Délégation de l’UNHCR IRIBA a accueilli du 21-25/11/2017, la mission de la Direction des Affaires Politiques et de l’état civil (DAPEC) du Ministère de l’Administration du Territoire et de la Gouvernance Locale. Cette mission conduite par le Directeur […]
By Barbara Maregele For the past ten years, Bronwyn Moss and her family have been battling to register an orphaned child with the Department of Home Affairs. Moss, from Mooinooi in North West, is in a Catch-22: she has been […]
CCPR/C/AGO/2 Second periodic report submitted by Angola under article 40 of the Covenant, due in 2017 Article 16: Recognition as a person before the law 142.Under article 32 of the Constitution, all persons have the right to a personal identity. […]
[Editorial] It has come to light that some local officials in Mara Region have been issuing Tanzanian citizenship identity cards to foreigners who do not deserve to have them. Regional Commissioner (RC) Adam Malima has been incensed by this illegal […]
La deuxième opération de régularisation des étrangers en situation irrégulière, qui se poursuit jusqu’au 31 décembre prochain, vise le traitement d’au moins 82% des dossiers présentés, et ce à l’instar de la première opération, a indiqué le président du Conseil […]
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced the decentralisation program for the issuance of Birth and Death certificates in the country stating that decentralisation of this process will help government in planning based on the population Statistics. Speaking […]
Extract from executive summary: Refugees, migrants and stateless people The Immigration Act has a unique role in nation-building and social cohesion. It is a key enabler of human rights and the determination of the status of foreign nationals, and the […]
Un mois après son démarrage effectif, le Mouvement ivoirien des droits humains (MIDH), qui bénéficie du soutien financier de la fondation OSIWA, a procédé au lancement de son projet « Appui à la déclaration des enfants à l’état civil dès la naissance […]
Par Ilan Caro En raison d’une anomalie dans un registre d’état civil au Cameroun, la justice française a privé cette mère de famille de sa nationalité. Elle a raconté son histoire à franceinfo. Sur son compte Facebook, elle a choisi […]
CEDAW/C/BFA/CO/7 Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Burkina Faso Extract: Nationality 30.The Committee commends the State party for its legal framework governing the acquisition of nationality and its efforts to register births. It is concerned, however, that 20 […]
The nationwide registration for the national identity card (Ghana card) is to begin latest by the middle of 2018. The acting Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Ken Attafuah, gave the hint to journalists after the passage […]