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CRC Concluding Observations: Kenya, 2016

March 21, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Kenya, 2016

CRC/C/KEN/CO/3-5 Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Kenya Birth registration and nationality 29. The Committee welcomes the adoption of the Citizenship and Immigration Act (2011) which provides for Kenyan nationality for all children born in […]


Sénégal: Loi n° 2016-09 du 14 mars 2016 instituant une carte d’identité biométrique CEDEAO

March 14, 2016 4:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Sénégal: Loi n° 2016-09 du 14 mars 2016 instituant une carte d’identité biométrique CEDEAO

EXPOSE DES MOTIFS L’institution d’une carte nationale d’identité biométrique constitue la décision majeure adoptée par la quarante sixième (46ème) session ordinaire de la conférence des Chefs d’Etat et de Gouvernement de la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Zambia, 2016

March 14, 2016 11:44 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Zambia, 2016

CRC/C/ZMB/CO/2-4 Concluding observations on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Zambia Birth registration 31. The Committee notes the measures that the State party put in place to promote free birth registration in the country. However, it remains concerned […]


Libya: Civil Registry Authority taken over by “extremists”

March 13, 2016 9:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Libya: Civil Registry Authority taken over by “extremists”

by Sami Zaptia The Civil Registry Authority (CRA) confirmed yesterday that it had been forcibly taken over by ‘’ideologically . . .[restrict]extremist groups’’ who took control of its database of Libyan citizens which would have ‘’enabled them to control the […]


Should the Lebanese Born in Sierra Leone be Granted Citizenship?

March 11, 2016 6:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Should the Lebanese Born in Sierra Leone be Granted Citizenship?

This question has already raised endless reactions among Sierra Leoneans which undoubtedly buttresses its sensitive nature and qualifies the subject as a burning issue. Before I state my personal position on the issue, there are a number of issues that […]


Challenging Sierra Leone’s racist citizenship law

March 9, 2016 12:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Challenging Sierra Leone’s racist citizenship law

By Umaru Fofana “Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another interior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, there will be war.” Bob Marley may have died 35 years ago but those words of his are ever […]


RDC: Malade et apatride, Chalupa bloqué à Kinshasa

March 9, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on RDC: Malade et apatride, Chalupa bloqué à Kinshasa

Selon son entourage, Jacques Chalupa connaît de graves problèmes de santé, consécutifs à sa longue détention en prison, et qui n’ont pu être traités de manière appropriée depuis sa remise en liberté. Le président intérimaire de son parti, ADD Congo, […]


UNHCR, Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness, 2016

March 8, 2016 11:28 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR, Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness, 2016

Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness. Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Zimbabwe, 2016

March 7, 2016 10:18 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Zimbabwe, 2016

CRC/C/ZWE/CO/2 Extract: Birth registration Noting with appreciation the measures taken by the State party to increase the rate of birth registration, including the removal of fees for the issuance of birth certificates to children, the Committee nonetheless remains concerned (para. […]


Adopting a national plan of action to end statelessness in Ghana

March 6, 2016 9:13 am Published by Comments Off on Adopting a national plan of action to end statelessness in Ghana

Accra, March 6, GNA – It would be useful, perhaps, to attempt a definition of the term ‘Statelessness’ before delving into the main discussion of this write-up. Simply put, Statelessness refers to a situation whereby an individual residing in a […]


Governo da Guiné-Bissau concede nacionalidade a 15 refugiados de Casamansa

March 4, 2016 9:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Governo da Guiné-Bissau concede nacionalidade a 15 refugiados de Casamansa

O Governo da Guiné-Bissau concedeu a nacionalidade a 15 cidadãos de Casamansa, sul do Senegal, que se encontravam refugiados no país desde 1992, indicou hoje à Lusa, Sambé Na Wana, secretário executivo da comissão dos refugiados. A decisão de conceder […]