Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Tunisia’s proposed ID law threatens hard-won privacy rights

December 7, 2016 4:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Tunisia’s proposed ID law threatens hard-won privacy rights

By Wafa Ben Hassine For all of its successes – initiating a peaceful democratic transition, engaging in its collective past to create roadmaps for the future, and hosting the most active and dynamic civil society in the Arab world – […]


Uganda is worried about the number of Chinese men marrying their women

December 7, 2016 9:52 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda is worried about the number of Chinese men marrying their women

By Lily Kuo Contractors, petty traders, investors, and entrepreneurs from China have been pouring into Uganda for the past decade. China is a top investor in the east African country, accounting for as much as half of total foreign investment between 2014 […]


Nigerian Immigration Service releases journalist, Salkida’s passport

December 5, 2016 9:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigerian Immigration Service releases journalist, Salkida’s passport

The journalist, who is reportedly based in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) was declared wanted by the Nigeria Army authorities sometime ago. Salkida was later arrested when he came into the country from the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and allowed […]


South Africa: Civil Registration a Human Right, Says Minister

December 2, 2016 5:14 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Civil Registration a Human Right, Says Minister

Pretoria — Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says policies and legislation have been developed to continue to ensure an efficient civil registration. “In South Africa, the right to a name, identity, citizenship and to be registered at birth is a […]


South Africa: Minister Malusi Gigaba – Signing of Partnership Agreement Between Home Affairs and Procter & Gamble

December 2, 2016 11:05 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Minister Malusi Gigaba – Signing of Partnership Agreement Between Home Affairs and Procter & Gamble

Remarks by Minister Malusi Gigaba on the occasion of the signing of the partnership agreement between the Department of Home Affairs and Procter & Gamble at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto A few years ago, in 2012, we […]


CCPR Concluding observations: Morocco, 2016

December 1, 2016 6:00 pm Published by Comments Off on CCPR Concluding observations: Morocco, 2016

CCPR/C/MAR/CO/6 Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Morocco Asylum seekers and refugees 35. The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to develop a legal framework on migration, asylum and human trafficking. It finds it regrettable that the regularization […]


UNHCR Liberia Factsheet November 2016

December 1, 2016 11:37 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Liberia Factsheet November 2016

Extract: Mission to Re-vet Red-Coded Cases. The mission to re-vet former Liberian refugees who were at risk of statelessness, as a result of the Government of Liberia red-coding them on nationality grounds, continues. The team was in Ghana from 31 […]


Legal Identity For All – Ending Statelessness in SADC

December 1, 2016 10:47 am Published by Comments Off on Legal Identity For All – Ending Statelessness in SADC

By Liesl H. Muller, chapter in Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives from Judges and Lawyers in Southern Africa on Promoting Rule of Law and Equal Access to Justice Introduction In the past year significant progress has been made […]


Palestinians of Egypt: Collateral damage since 2013

November 30, 2016 11:28 am Published by Comments Off on Palestinians of Egypt: Collateral damage since 2013

By Heba Afify At a sit-in by the Ministry of Defense in East Cairo in June 2013, an Egyptian protester held a sign that read, “Palestinians equal Israel for us.” Protesters were demanding that Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi end […]


New mobile phone system ‘mBirth’ registers Tanzania’s invisible children

November 28, 2016 3:07 pm Published by Comments Off on New mobile phone system ‘mBirth’ registers Tanzania’s invisible children

By Kizito Makoye NJOMBE, Tanzania, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At Lunyanywi village in Tanzania’s southern highlands, local residents gather to welcome a new member of their community. Antonia Kisena and her husband Moses are celebrating the birth of […]