Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Pièces a fournir pour l’obtention du certificat de nationalité togolaise

April 11, 2014 1:19 pm Published by Comments Off on Pièces a fournir pour l’obtention du certificat de nationalité togolaise

PIÈCES COMMUNES A TOUTES LES OPTIONS: *Déclaration de naissance du demandeur ou toute autre pièce en tenant lieu (original+copie certifiée conforme). Une photo d’identité du demandeur. -OPTION I: Père Togolais (article 32 de la Constitution) certificat de nationalité du père, […]


Zimbabweans In South Africa – An amnesty travesty?

April 8, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabweans In South Africa – An amnesty travesty?

So, for those approximately 230 000 Zimbabweans who are sitting with their 2010 ZDP permits, the truth will out and the waiting is at an end.  Cabinet has decided that “the permit holders [most of which permits expire in 2014] […]


Citizenship based on marriage challenged

April 5, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Citizenship based on marriage challenged

Beware of passing laws that grant citizenship to foreigners basing on marital reasons, a woman Member of Parliament warned in the Constituent Assembly (CA) in Dodoma this week. Read more.


Zims get Moz passports via voter reg scam

April 2, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zims get Moz passports via voter reg scam

Zimbabwean nationals and people of foreign descent are taking advantage of loopholes in the Mozambican voter registration to fraudulently acquire that country’s citizenship. Investigations have revealed. Registration for aliens to vote in Mozambican elections scheduled for October 15 is taking […]


Establishing 21st Century Identity Management in Sierra Leone

April 1, 2014 4:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Establishing 21st Century Identity Management in Sierra Leone

Strategic Directions for Integrating Civil Registration and Identification This report was commissioned in order to develop suggestions for strategic directions for government—in particular for the Birth and Death department of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, UNICEF and its partners […]


Burundi to issue new ID cards

March 23, 2014 2:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Burundi to issue new ID cards

Burundi has started a pilot programme on the issuance of machine readable national identity cards. By LUCAS BARASA East African Community partner states have until 2015 to implement the Common Market protocol which will see people from the region move […]


Statelessness and Rights: Protecting the Rights of Nubian Children in Kenya through the African Children’s Committee

March 21, 2014 10:13 am Published by Comments Off on Statelessness and Rights: Protecting the Rights of Nubian Children in Kenya through the African Children’s Committee

By Elvis Fokala and Lilian Chenwi African Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 6: Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages: 357–373 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/17087384-12342036 Abstract The question of statelessness is an incessant challenge in Africa. Stateless persons are often denied basic human rights due […]


South African Parliament: Home Affairs Questions to the Minister

March 14, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South African Parliament: Home Affairs Questions to the Minister

Responses from the Minister of Home Affairs related to numbers of persons naturalised, dual citizenship and other related issues. Information from website of Parliamentary Monitoring Group, Cape Town, available here: https://pmg.org.za/question_reply/491/ Download PDF of relevant section of webpage here: SA […]


Rapport de mission en République Islamique de Mauritanie du 1er au 8 mars 2014

March 8, 2014 11:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Rapport de mission en République Islamique de Mauritanie du 1er au 8 mars 2014

Mission organisée par l’’Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA) avec la participation de la Cour nationale du droit d’’asile (CNDA) Sommaire 1. Les communautés 2. Le recensement 3. Les évenements de 1989 et leurs conséquences actuelles 4. […]


Ministere de la justice : 1 500 étrangers demandent la nationalité algérienne

March 8, 2014 7:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Ministere de la justice : 1 500 étrangers demandent la nationalité algérienne

Au moment où les demandes de nationalité française émanant d’Algériens résidents en France et même en Algérie, ont atteint le nombre des 4 000 demandes chaque année, des étrangers demandent, à leur tour, la nationalité algérienne. Ce nouveau phénomène a […]


UNHCR Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness, 2014

March 8, 2014 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness, 2014

Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness. Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an […]


La législation Congolaise de la nationalité au pas à pas

March 6, 2014 3:12 pm Published by Comments Off on La législation Congolaise de la nationalité au pas à pas

Par Joseph Yav, Yav & Associates Plusieurs textes jalonnent donc l’historique congolais du droit de la nationalité dont certains sont liés aux états d’âmes que cette question a toujours soulevés ici ou ailleurs. Car, en fin de compte, la nationalité […]