Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his mission to Mauritania

March 8, 2017 9:32 am Published by Comments Off on Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his mission to Mauritania

A/HRC/35/26/Add.1 Extract: Civil registry 45. The adamant insistence on the part of the Government that it cannot take account of ethnicity in its policies has the effect of reinforcing the status quo. An egregious example of this is the fact […]


Identifying some 27 million Ghanaians biometrically

March 7, 2017 8:30 am Published by Comments Off on Identifying some 27 million Ghanaians biometrically

From Lawra to Aflao, Half Assini to Bawku, all over Ghana people will queue for an identity. Every person, regardless of age, gender, socio-economic status will document his or her personal details including name, date of birth, and contact information […]


Zimbabwe: Floods expose villagers’ lack of identity records

March 7, 2017 8:17 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Floods expose villagers’ lack of identity records

Pamela Shumba: Bulawayo Bureau Many people in Tsholotsho District have no identity particulars. This was revealed when Tsholotsho North MP Professor Jonathan Moyo met the District Civil Protection Unit (CPU) last week at Sipepa Clinic where a temporary camp was […]


Mali: Her business is only an ID card away

March 7, 2017 8:03 am Published by Comments Off on Mali: Her business is only an ID card away

By Ingvild Vetrhus In Mali, women without identity cards are particularly susceptible to harassment – and are often left with no legal rights in their home country. “Without the ID card, I can’t go to school. I can’t even vote,” […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Malawi, 2017

March 6, 2017 4:24 pm Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Malawi, 2017

Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Malawi CRC/C/MWI/CO/3-5 Birth registration 17.While noting the enforcement in 2015 of the National Registration Act, the Committee is concerned that: (a)Births are registered before the mother is discharged from […]


Zimbabwe: Govt officials selling IDs in Mwenezi: ZPP

March 6, 2017 8:47 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Govt officials selling IDs in Mwenezi: ZPP

A HUMAN rights and peace watchdog has accused authorities at the Registrar General’s Office of forcing poor villagers to pay in cash and kind to obtain identity documents ahead of a by-election in Mwenezi East constituency. BY SILAS NKALA The […]


Burkina : L’OIF s’approprie la plateforme d’enregistrement des naissances « iCivil »

March 4, 2017 9:19 am Published by Comments Off on Burkina : L’OIF s’approprie la plateforme d’enregistrement des naissances « iCivil »

Une délégation de l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) est en visite officielle au Burkina Faso. Conduite par sa première responsable, la délégation de l’OIF et le Maire de Ouagadougou, Armand Roland Pierre Béouindé, ont visité une maternité pilote de […]


CRC Concluding Observations: CAR, 2017

March 3, 2017 4:15 pm Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: CAR, 2017

CRC/C/CAF/CO/2 Birth registration name and nationality 32.The Committee welcomes the measures taken to promote birth registration, in particular decree No. 14.228 of 2014 providing free birth registration to children born during the conflict that took place between 2012 and 2014, […]


«La nationalité marocaine», le guide de Hind Tak-Tak pour vulgariser le droit et les procédures

March 3, 2017 10:07 am Published by Comments Off on «La nationalité marocaine», le guide de Hind Tak-Tak pour vulgariser le droit et les procédures

La chercheuse marocaine Hind Tak-Tak, également professeure universitaire à la Faculté de droit de Casablanca, vient de publier un nouvel ouvrage aux éditions En Toutes Lettres. Intitulé «La nationalité marocaine», la publication qui ambitionne de rendre le droit accessible à […]


SA schools boot out Swazi, Moz children over missing IDs

March 3, 2017 8:47 am Published by Comments Off on SA schools boot out Swazi, Moz children over missing IDs

By Prega Govender Schools close to the Mozambique and Swaziland borders in Mpumalanga are refusing to admit hundreds — and possibly thousands — of learners because they don’t have South African birth certificates and identity documents, a Mail & Guardian […]


Nigeria Immigration Regulations 2017

March 1, 2017 5:47 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigeria Immigration Regulations 2017

Statutory Instrument 3 of 2017, issued under authority of the Immigration Act 2015. Part VI regulates issue of passports and other travel documents. Download : Nigeria Immigration Regulations SI 3 2017


UNHCR Submission on Zambia : UPR 28th Session

March 1, 2017 4:41 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Submission on Zambia : UPR 28th Session

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review: 3rd Cycle, 28th Session ZAMBIA I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Zambia succeeded to the 1951 Convention relating to the […]