By Werner Menges A FULL bench of the High Court was this week robbed of a chance to authoritatively settle continuing differences in opinion over the legality of dual citizenship in Namibia. A full bench of the court, made up […]
The purpose of this Act is to extend, promote and protect the rights of children in Southern Sudan, in accordance with provisions of Article 21 of the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, 2005, and as defined in the 1989 United […]
By John Kapapi LETTER to His Excellency ,the President Security Council, in New York, Honorables Members of the UN Security Council, Minembwe n’est pas encore officiellement reconnu par le gouvernement Kabila. Mais les activités de la Monuc et du gouvernement […]
CRC/C/DJI/CO/2 Birth registration 33. The Committee welcomes actions taken to improve the rate of birth registration, including through the provision of birth certificates to students in some of the schools in Djibouti-ville, the provision of better material means and the […]
Following the entry into force in June 2008 of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in Africa’s Great Lakes region (the Great Lakes Pact), the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the International Refugee Rights Initiative […]
By Charles Gasarasi, in Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies, Volume 1, Issue 1, Peace and Conflict Trends in Africa: The Great Lakes Region Abstract: From 2000 to 2006, more than 33 000 Rwandan immigrants were expelled from Tanzania. […]
By Erika Conti, in African Journal of International and Comparative Law Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 178-196 Abstract Since the advisory opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice in 1975, the difference between the legal and the political means […]
By Hanibal Goitom (Aug. 28, 2008) On August 17, 2008, the Ugandan Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Bill of 2008 was introduced on the floor of the Ugandan Parliament. The bill will give effect to the Constitution (Amendment) Act (No. […]
Titre I: Etablissement du lien de filiation et identification de l’enfant Guinée Code de l’enfant
Adopted in 2008, entry into force February 2013, in accordance with Article 41. Generally provides for legal equality of men and women, including in relation to rights over children. Article 8(5) specifies that men and women shall have equal rights […]
Zanzibar’s Immigration Department has revoked the citizenship of the consultant editor of Fahamu newspaper, Ali Mohammed Nabwa. The revocation comes just days after the Minister for Home Affairs, Capt John Chiligati, restored the editor’s citizenship that was withdrawn after the […]
By Jeff Crisp, José Riera, and Raquel Freitas Para 72: “In the evaluation team’s interviews with returnees, the most frequently cited obstacle to sustainable reintegration was the lack of an Angolan national identity card (‘Bilhete de Identidade’), for which the […]