Registering a birth is the first legal acknowledgement of a child’s existence; without proof of identity a child is invisible to the authorities. In many countries a birth certificate is a key document to gain access to basic services and […]
The government of Liberia through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has announced an increase in the cost of obtaining an ECOWAS Biometric Passport. The new fee is US$50 and the regulation takes effect on April 30. In a […]
Teresa Majouk, a 35-year-old South Sudanese refugee, did not appreciate the importance of the ID card she had received from the Sudanese authorities until she went into a difficult labour last month. It was midnight when Gai Deng first heard […]
Zambian Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Col. Kaunda Tushuke Panji has said his country will expel Rwandans who live in Zambia illegally as part of renewed bid to implement the cessation clause. Panji made the remarks in Kigali at the […]
What to do with the Bidun, the one hundred thousand plus people that the Kuwait government claims are “illegal residents” and considers stateless? Now, it seems, Kuwait’s rulers have come up with a solution to the “problem” of the Bidun, […]
As Nigerians prepare for Saturday’s presidential election, the integrity of the vote will hang in large part on the success of a new voter card system that includes thousands of hand-held electronic card readers. The system is designed to prevent […]
United Nations (UN) describes statelessness as a situation in which an individual is not considered a national by any state under the operation of its laws. It notes that such a person is said to be invisible, without an identity […]
From next month, Kenyan Citizens applying for their passports will be required to apply for the document through the e-Citizen portal. The important announcement was posted by the Immigration Department on its twitter handle @ImmigrationDept that read, “As from Next […]
By Henry Ojelu A former Attorney General of Bayelsa state, Chief Anthony George – Ikoli SAN has filed a suit before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja challenging the eligibility of the Chairman of Silver Group, Ben Bruce in […]
The Swazi Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze has said Somali asylum seekers living in the kingdom who complained that they were being starved and forced to work in fields without pay were lucky they had […]
An Act to harmonise and consolidate the law on registration of persons; to provide for registration of individuals; to establish a national identification register; to establish a national registration and identification authority; to provide for the issue of national identification […]
Resolution of the UN Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth session, A/HRC/28/L.23 2. “Reminds States of their obligation to register births without discrimination of any kind and irrespective of the status of the parents of the child, and also reminds States that […]