Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Fourth Report of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs on the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act

June 13, 2007 10:03 am Published by Comments Off on Fourth Report of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs on the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act

Background Between 1981 and 1983, the Government of Zimbabwe allowed dual citizenship. In 1983, the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Act 3 of 1983 abolished dual citizenship. Between 1983-2001, a series of amendments to the Citizenship Act were made in an […]


Mauritania: exiles sue former dictator over rights abuses

June 7, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Mauritania: exiles sue former dictator over rights abuses

A group of Mauritanian exiles living in New York has come forward to accuse the former ruler of their country of “gross violations of human rights.” They are challenging their country’s justice system even as they charge the former ruler […]


Ethnic cleansing in Mauritania

June 5, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Ethnic cleansing in Mauritania

FARAI CHIDEYA, host: On Africa’s northwestern coast sits Mauritania. It straddles the continent’s black African south and Arab north. From 1989 to 1991, the former French colony experienced ethnic cleansing similar to what’s happening now in Darfur, Sudan. The country’s Arab […]


CMW Concluding Observations: Egypt, 2007

May 25, 2007 3:56 pm Published by Comments Off on CMW Concluding Observations: Egypt, 2007

CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 34.The Committee regrets that children born in Egypt of migrant workers, whether in regular or irregular situation, are not given a birth certificate by the Egyptian civil registry, in violation of article 29 of the Convention which provides that […]


Nigeria: National Identity Management Commission Act, No.23 of 2007

May 25, 2007 9:13 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: National Identity Management Commission Act, No.23 of 2007

Establishes the National Identity Management Commission and its powers to create a national identity database, register registrable persons, and issue identity cards. Download: Nigeria_NIMC_Act_2007


Introductory Remarks on the Launching of the African Union Diplomatic and Service Passports

May 25, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Introductory Remarks on the Launching of the African Union Diplomatic and Service Passports

Introductory Remarks by Mrs. Julia Dolly Joiner, Commissioner for Political Affairs African Union Commission on the Launching of the African Union Diplomatic and Service Passports at the Celebration of Africa Day 25 May 2007 Download file: Introductory Remarks by Julia […]


Judgement in the case concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo

May 24, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Judgement in the case concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo

Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) Preliminary Objections Summary of the Judgment of 24 May 2007 Download file: Judgement in the Case Concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (PDF)


Making Nations, Creating Strangers: States and Citizenship in Africa

May 11, 2007 7:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Making Nations, Creating Strangers: States and Citizenship in Africa

Editors: Paul Nugent, Daniel Hammett, and Sara Dorman Who belongs to the nation? How is citizenship defined? And why have such identities become so politically explosive in recent years? This book explores the instrumental manipulation of citizenship and narrowing definitions […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Mali, 2007

May 3, 2007 6:59 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Mali, 2007

CRC/C/MLI/CO/2 Forty-fourth session Concluding observations: Mali Nationality 35. The Committee is concerned that current provisions prevent children from deriving nationality from their mothers. 36. As a matter of non-discrimination and in the best interests of the child, the Committee recommends […]


The meaning and use of identity papers: handheld and heartfelt nationality in the borderlands of North West Zambia

May 1, 2007 10:15 am Published by Comments Off on The meaning and use of identity papers: handheld and heartfelt nationality in the borderlands of North West Zambia

By Oliver Bakewell Abstract: Migration policies inevitably rest on bureaucratic responses concerned with the use of identity papers, visas, passports and other forms of paperwork. In research looking at movement between North-West Zambia and Angola, in Zambia, a very striking […]


Tchad: Note circulaire Actes de naissance

April 30, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Tchad: Note circulaire Actes de naissance

This note provides instructions on the use of the registers of birth documentation provided by UNICEF. Instructions sur l’utilisation des registres d’actes de naissances fournis par l’UNICEF. Télécharger: Acte de Naissance