Author Archives for Bronwen Manby
October 26, 2017 9:05 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Abidjan, 26 oct (AIP) – Le Mouvement ivoirien des droits humains (MIDH) a mené, d’août à octobre, une campagne sur la reconduction de la loi spéciale n°2013-653 du 13 septembre 2013 portant dispositions particulières en matière d’acquisition de la nationalité […]
October 24, 2017 6:34 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Minorities and indigenous peoples are especially vulnerable to statelessness. Through research, films, photos and case studies, this website explores how statelessness is often an outcome of discrimination and racism. Author: Bronwen Manby. Link to web resource: http://stories.minorityrights.org/statelessness/home/
October 24, 2017 1:32 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The communities within Africa most at risk of statelessness are similar to those in other continents: the descendants of people who migrated to the country before independence; ethnic groups whose pre-colonial boundaries cross modern borders, including the many millions of […]
October 24, 2017 12:14 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
En Côte d’Ivoire, quelque 500.000 enfants fréquentant l’école primaire n’ont pas d’acte de naissance, selon l’UNICEF qui s’engage à fournir ce document administratif à 80% de ces enfants pour leur assurer une identité juridique. “Chaque enfant qui naît doit être […]
October 23, 2017 12:46 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
A 53-year-old man is struggling to get birth certificates for his 11 children who cannot access any official service in the country as they do not have identity particulars. Their mother who also did not have a birth certificate or […]
October 22, 2017 12:59 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Back in 2013, Tanzania’s health authorities trialled a program that allowed parents to register to receive birth certificates for newborns via their mobile phones. The program, ramped up earlier this year, established a simple process whereby health workers send an SMS with a […]
October 21, 2017 1:00 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le président de la République des Comores, Azali Assoumani, vient d’être auditionné par la commission parlementaire chargée de faire toute la lumière sur le programme dit de citoyenneté économique. Un programme censé favoriser l’investissement qui a permis à un nombre […]
October 20, 2017 5:41 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Documents adopted by a meeting of representatives of ECOWAS member states, 17-20 October, 2017, Saly, Senegal Terms of Reference for the Government Focal Points; ENG-ToRs FR_ToRs POR-ToRs Guidelines to Draft, Adopt and Monitor the Implementation of the National Action Plans […]
October 20, 2017 9:04 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
This World Statistics Day, we look at new statistical research on a population for which no data exists: Unaccompanied and Separated Foreign Children in South Africa. World Statistics Day emphasises the critical role of high-quality statistics in informed policy decision-making […]
October 19, 2017 12:29 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Il n’y a pas de raisons de croire à une intrigue politique autour d’une opération qui se veut purement technique et administrative. D’ailleurs, la dénomination, « Recensement administratif initial à vocation d’identification de la population (Ravip) », en dit long. Cependant, pour […]
October 19, 2017 12:10 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
[originally adopted 2017; extended and expanded in 2019 & 2020] Globally, millions of people including many in the Great Lakes Region are stateless or at risk of statelessness. They cannot enjoy the full range of human rights. Among the causes […]
October 19, 2017 10:21 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), meeting in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on 19th October, 2017 under the theme “Fast-Tracking Implementation of the Pact to Facilitate Stability and Development in […]
