The National Director of Civil Identification in Mozambique, Domingos Jofane has said more than 30,000 of his compatriots living and working in South Africa already have biometric identity cards and passports.He said this is part of a campaign promoted by […]
The Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) has supported Cabinet’s decision to approve the dual citizenship proposal and regard it as a non-contentious issues which should be presented in parliament for enactment into the new constitution of Zambia. YWCA national president […]
President Lungu has assured Zambians in the diaspora of the much-desired dual citizenship if Parliament approves the proposal in the draft constitution. And the President has called on African countries to change society’s perception of women and begin to consider […]
The Constitutional Court has called for the enactment of legislation that recognises dual citizenship and spells out how lost citizenship can be restored to make the Mutumwa Mawere judgment enforceable. In a full judgment availed recently under Constitutional Court of […]
The first point of call between individuals and their states is being registered and counted as part of the state, bestowing on them all rights and privileges that the state provides. Dow described birth registration as the first ticket to […]
Doc. CERD/C/SDN/CO/12-16 19. The Committee notes with concern that the 2011 amendment to the Nationality Act, as introduced in section 10 (2), provides for the revocation of the Sudanese nationality of those who have acquired “de jure or de facto” […]
By Tayo Oyetibo, SAN Constitutional Law – International Passport: Power of Minister of Internal Affairs – Constitutional Law – Fundamental Human Rights: Extent of the powers of State Security Service – Constitutional Law – Fundamental Human Right: Freedom of Movement […]
CRC/C/GHA/CO/3-5 Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Ghana Birth registration 29. While noting the significant progress in improving birth registration coverage from 17 percent in 2002 to about 58 percent in 2014, the Committee reiterates […]
European Commission compilation of Responses from Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Sweden, United Kingdom plus Croatia (14 in Total) Disclaimer: The following responses have been provided primarily for the purpose of information exchange […]
Part II provides for issue of passports. Section 28 provides for directives to determine nationality in special cases (including in case of deportation). Download: Nigeria Immigration Act 2015
By Bronwen Manby. Expert report commissioned by UNHCR and IOM. Statelessness is a problem of significant but unknown magnitude in West Africa. It is not possible to say how many people are stateless in the sub-region; but it is certain […]
The 2017 presidential contest has shifted to voter registration, with statistics indicating that over 1.2 million Kenyans acquired new ID cards in 2013 alone. The new figures emerged as Kenya’s embassy in the US announced that it was rolling out […]