October 27, 2016 10:01 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Registration of live births improves… … but not every pregnancy results to a live birth and not every live birth survives The Recorded live births 2013-2015 and the Perinatal deaths 2014, reports released by Statistics South Africa indicate that of […]
October 27, 2016 9:50 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By: Wanja Lisa Munaita NAIROBI, Kenya – Amina Kassim would like to register to vote in the next elections in Kenya, where she was born and has lived all her life, but is unable to do so. Descended from an ethnic […]
October 27, 2016 9:20 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
CRC/C/ZAF/CO/2 Concluding observations on the second periodic report of South Africa Extract : Birth registration, name and nationality 29. The Committee welcomes the substantial increase of birth registration in the State party. However the Committee is concerned that: (a) Administrative […]
October 26, 2016 1:12 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le code de la nationalité malgache comporte plusieurs dispositions non conformes aux principes des droits humains, notamment sur la discrimination du genre. Dans ce code, élaboré au lendemain de l’Indépendance, une femme malgache mariée à un étranger ne peut transmettre […]
October 26, 2016 12:06 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Legal Resources Centre has launched an application in the Grahamstown High Court on behalf of two parents whose application to register their child’s birth has been rejected by the Department of Home Affairs’ because the child’s mother does not […]
October 25, 2016 8:33 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By ELKANA JACOB and ALLOYS MUSYOKA The government has registered about 2,950 members of the Makonde community who will be issued with IDs by December. The number registered on Tuesday includes 1,524 adults and 1,426 children. Daniel Fundi, 110, thanked […]
October 24, 2016 10:54 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Beaucoup de parents n’ont pas encore le réflexe de déclarer leurs enfants à l’état civil dès la naissance dans les communes de Mbellacadiao et de Ndiob. Selon le secrétaire général de l’Organisation Education et Développement de l’Enfant (Eden), Ibrahima Khalil […]
October 22, 2016 6:49 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Yash Pal Ghai The number of stateless persons in Kenya is sometimes estimated at about 100,000 people. This is undoubtedly a gross underestimate. Whole communities are declared stateless—one authority estimated that the Nubians alone amount to over 100,000. The […]
October 20, 2016 8:48 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
by Shinovene Immanuel HOME affairs minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has withdrawn the proposed changes to the Citizenship Act after it was rejected by the National Council and the Presidency. Iivula-Ithana said the withdrawal of the Citizenship Bill was because she is […]
October 18, 2016 11:08 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
«La gestion de l’Etat civil, des ressources humaines, du contrôle sanitaire et scolaire », « La gestion statistique, économique, des objectifs de développement, des finances et de la fiscalité », « la gestion du territoire, des identités, des flux migratoires […]
October 17, 2016 7:45 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By George M Mucee In the wake of the Makonde people of Kwale County marching to State House Nairobi to agitate for their recognition as citizens of Kenya and the subsequent directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta that their citizenship be […]
October 16, 2016 8:56 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Abidjan – Le texte du projet de nouvelle constitution voulue par le président Alassane Ouattara et qui doit être présenté mercredi devant l’Assemblée, a été mis en ligne dimanche par un parti d’opposition, son contenu ne présentant pas de surprise […]
