Author Archives for Bronwen Manby
June 17, 2014 10:53 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
A/HRC/27/22 The present report contains an overview of the global rates of birth registration, a universal human right recognized in a number of international instruments. It considers the consequences and impact of non-registration on human rights, particularly since the right […]
June 17, 2014 10:06 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Arthur Simuchoba This year Zambia took the liberty of observing World Refugee Day (June 20th), a week earlier than normal. There is, however, a sense that, even if unintentional, this was appropriate given that the country was among the […]
June 16, 2014 4:44 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le ministère de la Justice des Droits de l’Homme et des Libertés publiques en partenariat avec le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR), a organisé à l’intention des membres du corps préfectoral et des magistrats, un séminaire de […]
June 4, 2014 3:40 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
(CCZ 114/13) [2014] ZWCC 5 ZIYAMBI JA: The applicant is a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth. He initially sought a declaratory order confirming his right to a Zimbabwean passport and certain ancillary relief. He also sought an order compelling […]
June 1, 2014 4:13 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Delphine Perrin. Tuaregs and Citizenship: ‘The Last Camp of Nomadism’. Middle East Law and Governance , Brill, 2014, Migration, Mobility and Citizenship, 6 (3), pp.296-326. ffhal-01395167f Abstract The paper questions the widespread perception according to which Tuaregs’ relationship to citizenship […]
May 28, 2014 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry, through its Diaspora Directorate, is conducting a research on the exact number of Tanzanians abroad and their specializations as part of the preparations for the dual citizenship initiative. Moving his 2014/15 budget estimates […]
May 22, 2014 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
De Wilde v The Minister of Home Affairs (A 147/2013) [2014], NAHCMD 160 (22 May 2014) Decision in the High Court of Namibia, Windhoek, that ‘ordinary residence’ for the purposes of acquisition of citizenship based on birth in Namibia, means […]
May 20, 2014 7:01 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Egypt is working to revoke the citizenship of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior official told Al Arabiya on Monday. According to Major General Hussein Ridi, Assistant Interior Minister for Passports and Citizenship, a proposal to revoke the citizenship of […]
May 20, 2014 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has facilitated the issuing of passports to two Zimbabwean sisters unconstitutionally regarded by the Registrar General’s office as aliens Edna and Margaret Silundu of Bulawayo were denied the travelling documents despite being born in Zimbabwe […]
May 14, 2014 3:48 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
As part of the efforts to finding a common consensus on issues of national development, the 2014 National Conference, on the 17th of April 2014, set up twenty committees amongst which is the Committee on Citizenship, Immigration and related matters […]
May 12, 2014 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The study on The Right to Nationality in Africa was undertaken by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Internally Displaced Persons of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, pursuant to Resolution 234 of […]
May 12, 2014 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 55th Ordinary Session held from 28 April to 12 May 2014 in Luanda, Angola; Recalling the provisions of Article 45(1) (b) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ […]
