Study by the national human rights commission “precipitated by numerous complaints … alleging discrimination in the issuance of Identity Cards against residents of northern Kenya, particularly those of Somali ethnic origin.” Download file: here
By Celestsine Nyamu-Musembi Chapter in: Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Navsharan Singh (eds.), Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development, Ottawa and New Delhi: IDRC and Kali for Women, 2007 Original available at: https://www.idrc.ca/en/book/gender-justice-citizenship-and-development This essay presents an overview of key issues in literature […]
Texte mis a jour au 31 décembre 2006. Préliminaires Livre premier Code des personnes et de la famille Décret-Loi n° 1/024 du 28 avril 1993 portant réforme du code des personnes et de la famille Livre deuxième Des biens et […]
Amendments to the 1973 Citizenship in order to : permit a citizen of Sierra Leone to hold a citizenship of another country in addition to his citizenship of Sierra Leone; and remove gender discrimination in attribution of citizenship to children […]
Compilation of extracts from relevant Concluding Observations from the Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, prepared by the Open Society Justice Initiative. — Discrimination in relation to right to nationality Discrimination against non-citizens, in particular stateless persons Committee on the Elimination […]
As published in Laws of Kenya, Revised 2012 The Refugees Act, 2006 makes ‘provisions for the recognition, protection and management of refugees and for connected purposes’ in Kenya. It makes no specific provision for acquisition of citizenship or permanent residence […]
CRC/C/ETH/CO/3 Forty-third session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Ethiopia Birth registration 31. The Committee regrets the absence of institutional structures and adequate legal framework to ensure birth registration. The Committee […]
Les autorités nigériennes ont commencé à expulser vers le Tchad quelque 4 000 Arabes Mahamides, mais cette décision pourrait déclencher une vague de violence interethnique dans le pays, selon les chefs de la communauté incriminée. Mardi dernier, Niamey, la capitale, […]
Ceci est un résumé des déclarations du porte-parole du HCR Ron Redmond – à qui toute citation peut être attribuée – lors de la conférence de presse du 27 octobre 2006 au Palais des Nations à Genève. Nous avons reçu […]
Niger’s cabinet on Friday suspended a decision to deport thousands of Mahamid Arabs back to Chad after neighbouring countries intervened to request a halt, the communications minister said. The West African government had announced on Tuesday it would expel the […]
par Antonio Garcia Le conseil des ministres réuni vendredi à Niamey a décidé d’annuler l’ordre d’expulsion de dizaines de milliers d’Arabes Mahamides vers le Tchad. Des opérations étaient en cours depuis plusieurs jours, près de la frontière, en vue du […]
NIAMEY, Oct 26, 2006 (AFP) – The west African state of Niger has started expelling nomadic Mahamid Arabs, the governor of the remote Diffa region said Thursday while government officials in Niamey sought to ease concerns at the measure. “The […]