November 6, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
In 2004, IHRDA filed a communication on behalf of Mr Esmaila Connateh and 13 other Gambians deported from Angola in March, April and May of 2004, together with an estimated 126,247 other foreigners. They were expelled under a government programme […]
November 5, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Over the last two days Madagascar has taken significant steps towards eradicating gender discrimination in its nationality law and eliminating statelessness. If a reformed law is implemented it would ensure, amongst other things, that women are no longer discriminated against […]
November 5, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Lesotho’s Ministry of Home Affairs said Wednesday that 16 foreigners from different countries have naturalised as Basotho.Ministry spokesperson Hape Marumo said some of these foreigners have since applied for Lesotho citizenship but failed because they could not meet the set […]
November 4, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The United Nations High Commission on Refugees has stressed the need for urgent action against childhood statelessness. UNHCR says stateless children across the world share similar feelings of discrimination, frustration and despair. Speaking Tuesday in Monrovia at press conference, UNHCR […]
November 3, 2015 2:03 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Au moins un million de personnes sont apatrides ou à risque d’apatridie en Afrique de l’Ouest. Plus de la moitié sont des enfants. Tous souffrent notamment de ne pas avoir de papiers. DAKAR, SENEGAL, 3 novembre 2015 (HCR) -Les facteurs […]
November 3, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
LLOCUTION D’OUVERTURE DE SEM RAKOTOMAMONJY Jean Max PRESIDENT DE L’ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE Soixante sept ans après la déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme, son effectivité dans divers aspects laisse encore à désirer. Force est, cependant, de constaterque la plupart des Etats […]
November 3, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
In July and August 2015, UNHCR spoke to more than 250 children, young people, their parents and guardians, civil society and governments in seven countries: Côte d’Ivoire, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, Italy, Jordan, Malaysia and Thailand, about the experience of […]
November 2, 2015 2:19 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Video de 7 minutes par le HCR.
November 1, 2015 4:35 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The purpose of this report is to compare the legal frameworks governing birth registration in eleven jurisdictions. Birth registration is the process by which a child’s birth is recorded in the civil register by the applicable government authority. It provides […]
October 28, 2015 10:12 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Faith Tigere SS v Presiding Officer, Children’s Court, Krugersdorp and Others 2012 (6) SA 45 (GSJ) ‘Children are the soul of our society. If we fail them, then we have failed as a society.’ These are the words of […]
October 28, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
by Bronwen Manby How do the contours of statelessness vary from continent to continent? To what extent is the nature of statelessness directly tied to the nature of the state? Europe, after all, invented the “nation-state”, the idea that each […]
October 28, 2015 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le président d’une Association Sans But Lucratif dénommée «Nouvelle génération pour l’émergence du Congo » a affirmé le week-end dernier que l’acceptation d’une nationalité multiple par la constitution congolaise est incontournable aujourd’hui pour l’émergence de la RDC. Constant Mutamba dit […]
