Le nouveau code civil de la Guinée, en projet et sur la table de l’Assemblée nationale pour examen et vote est plein d’innovations a constaté un reporter de Guineematin.com lors d’une rencontre de professionnels tenue à Kindia en début de […]
By Dr. Joseph J. Atick As this report details, the identity ecosystem in Rwanda is in a very good overall state of development and supports the daily personal identification needs in the physical world today, and should be capable of […]
1. These research reports form the second phase of a research project on birth registration law prepared by DLA Piper for UNICEF. Phase One was completed in November 2015. 2. The purpose of this report is to compare the legal […]
By Naohiko Omata More than three years after the cessation of refugee status for Liberian refugees, the viability of the ECOWAS integration scheme implemented as a solution for those Liberians who continued to stay in Ghana is seen to be limited. Although exile […]
From 20-23 April, the new UNHCR Representative in Tanzania Ms. Chansa Kapaya visited Katavi and Tabora Regions in western and central Tanzania. The two regions are hosting the three settlements (Katumba, Mishamo and Ulyankulu) where majority of the more than […]
Seated on a fragile-looking plastic chair, metres away from where a handful young men treated themselves to cold bottles of beer and spicy, peppered meat enticingly heaped on a ceramic plate, LA, as he is fondly known around his Shitta, […]
58th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Intersession Report of Mrs Maya Sahli-Fadel: Commissioner/Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa Paragraphs 33 to 38 report on the Special Rapporteur’s […]
Replaces the 2005 nationality law. Among other changes, the 2016 law provides that those attributed citizenship by the 1975 and 1984 nationality laws shall be considered citizens for the purposes of the present law, and provides new conditions for naturalization. […]
Silverbird chairman, Ben Murray Bruce has won the court case challenging his right to occupy the office of a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, having sworn to an oath of allegiance to the United States of America. The […]
By: Gashegu Muramira Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Uganda Frank Mugambage yesterday said that government is yet to get an official communication regarding Rwandan citizens holding Uganda National Identity Cards. Mugambage’s remarks come following statements made over the weekend by Uganda’s […]
This report was prepared in the context of the Identification for Development (ID4D) initiative, the World Bank Group’s cross-departmental effort to support progress towards identification systems using 21st century solutions. Download from World Bank website.
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) represents a couple who are asking the Department of Home Affairs to register their two children and provide them with the children’s birth certificates. The couple approached the LRC after they were unable to register […]