I pray that no Nigerian tribe, nationality or ethnic group will experience marginalization. As I am writing this, there are nations in the world that know firsthand what marginalization means in the real sense. For a student of history, it […]
Which is the lesser evil: Using the old 2011 voter register or the 2015 biometric one compiled using information from the national Identity Card registration exercise? That is the question many voters, politicians, and civil society organisations want answered. This […]
A problem which has a devastating impact on the lives of more than 10 million people globally‚ statelessness is an often under-reported and growing issue with one child born every 10 minutes without a nationality‚ according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union […]
Implementation of the Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) Recommendations to Address Mixed and Irregular Migration in the SADC Region Emperors Palace Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 November to 2 December 2015 Download: Regional Stakeholders Workshop Summary Report – […]
While human rights are in principle universal and inherent, in practice a large range of fundamental human rights are denied to stateless people as they are often unable to obtain identity documents. They also lack access to education and health […]
Summary of a meeting held with participation from civil society organisations, UNHCR, the EAC and AU Political Affairs Division to discuss statelessness and the right to a nationality in East Africa. Download: Right-to-Nationality-26-November-2015
Par Lova Rabary-Rakotondravony & Hery Andry Rakotonanahary Introduction Les Malgaches, dit-on toujours, ont le sens de l’hospitalité. Mais autant les étrangers de passage, qui viennent pour des visites touristiques de quelques semaines à quelques mois, sont-ils souvent accueillis avec des […]
The following piece discusses the new criteria for local integration of Rwandan former refugees in Zambia, and was submitted to the Rights in Exile Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter by Reverend John Osmers, Assistant Bishop of Lusaka, Zambia. For reasons of […]
A Step-by-Step Guide to Digitising Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Processes in Low Resource Settings The Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Digitisation Guidebook (CRVS-DGB) is an online resource that provides step-by-step guidance for countries to plan, analyse, design and implement […]
Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passports Affairs Major General Mazen Al-Jarrah stressed that many illegal residents have been claiming to be bedoons (stateless) while those registered in the 1965 census and the central apparatus for illegal residents number […]
A single passport for all AU member states is on the cards, and already two African countries have implemented it. This was revealed by AU Commissioner for Political Affairs Dr Aisha Abdullahi when she addressed media at the #Africities summit […]
The conference noted with concern that statelessness is a serious human rights issue that currently affects at least 10 million people globally. Given the remarkable fact that a stateless child is born every 10 minutes and that statelessness is widely […]