A l’occasion de l’arrivée des rapatriés, qui marchaient depuis le 25 avril sur Nouakchott en provenance de Boghé soit plus de 300 km, des milliers de mauritaniens, hommes et femmes se sont mobilisés pour former un comité d’accueil. Exprimer sa […]
Authors: Kara Apland, Professor Carolyn Hamilton,Professor Brad K. Blitz, Professor Carolyn Hamilton, Mary Lagaay, Dr. Rajith Lakshman, and Elizabeth Yarrow. A four-country study commissioned by Plan International investigating the benefits of birth registration, covering India, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Vietnam. […]
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian government and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have launched the Strategic Framework for the Local Integration of Former Refugees in Zambia, requiring US$20.9 million to implement. The Framework which was unveiled in the Zambian […]
9. Documentation for Liberian Refugees in the Countries of Asylum As to fairly implement the project related to passport issuance to refugees who opted for local integration in their countries of asylum, after the invocation of Cessation Clause, it is […]
Since the onset of Somaliland’s independence, the demand of civil registration and National ID seemed to be a key priority where the President of Somaliland has recently appointed two committees (steering committee and task force) to implement National Identity Card […]
Article 6 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child provides: 1. Every child shall have the right from his birth to a name. 2. Every child shall be registered immediately after birth. 3. Every child […]
By Bronwen Manby Tanzania is just starting a major debate on a new constitution for the country, to replace the version adopted in 1977. Among the many reforms proposed to existing laws, the draft proposed by the Constitutional Review Commission […]
President Yoweri Museveni has stressed the importance of a digitalized national identity card saying it is a difficult document to fall prey to forgery. The President was this afternoon addressing the nation from State House, Nakasero, on the eve of […]
By Mwala Kalaluka ABOUT 5,588 ex-Angolan refugees out of 15,234 have been screened and signed for local integration based on criteria established under government’s strategic framework for the integration of former refugees, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. And […]
by Horace S. Adjolohoun International Legal Materials, Vol. 53, No. 2 (2014), pp. 413-417, Published by American Society of International Law Extract: While the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter) imprecisely provides for a right to […]
Word Boxing Council welterweight international champion Charles Manyuchi’s comments have angered his handlers — Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions — who have threatened to cancel their partnership with the Zimbabwean boxer unless he issues a public apology by Wednesday. Last week […]
By Mike Sanderson Abstract: Following the secession of South Sudan from Sudan on 9 July 2011 both countries havepassed new citizenship legislation with dramatic effects for the rights of individuals on both sides of the new border. While the South […]