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Les Marocaines pourront transmettre la nationalité à leurs époux étrangers

October 29, 2013 7:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Les Marocaines pourront transmettre la nationalité à leurs époux étrangers

Les Marocaines mariées à des étrangers pourront bientôt transmettre la nationalité marocaine à leurs conjoints, a révélé ce mardi Mustapha Ramid, ministre de la Justice devant le Parlement. “L’article 10 du code de la nationalité accorde aux épouses étrangères des […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Sao Tome and Principe, 2013

October 29, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Sao Tome and Principe, 2013

CRC/C/STP/CO/2-4 Concluding observations on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Sao Tome and Principe, adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fourth session (16 September–4 October 2013). Birth registration 29. The Committee welcomes the improvement in the birth registration […]


A ray of hope for stateless Sahrawis in Spain?

October 22, 2013 7:36 pm Published by Comments Off on A ray of hope for stateless Sahrawis in Spain?

By Valeriia Cherednichenko, PhD researcher in Advanced Studies in Human Rights at Charles III University of Madrid (Spain) The majority of the applications for the statelessness status in Spain come from applicants of Western Saharan origin, or Sahrawis. However, this […]


Tanzania: Operation Kimbunga Challenged in Kigoma and Kagera, Despite Success

October 21, 2013 10:55 am Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: Operation Kimbunga Challenged in Kigoma and Kagera, Despite Success

By Moses Matthew Mwanza — VARIOUS stakeholders have challenged Operation Kimbunga’s way of seizing aliens in the regions of Geita, Kagera and Kigoma, areas where the operation has been hailed as highly successful. Venance Muhabuki (47), a resident of Karagwe, […]


Ngok Dinka to hold Abyei referendum this month

October 19, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Ngok Dinka to hold Abyei referendum this month

The Ngok Dinka have openly declared their intention to conduct the Abyei area community referendum, saying they see “no light at the end of the tunnel”. The decision emerged after Friday’s general conference for the Ngok Dinka community, which was […]


CMW Concluding Observations: Morocco 2013

October 8, 2013 6:17 pm Published by Comments Off on CMW Concluding Observations: Morocco 2013

CMW/C/MAR/CO/1 Concluding observations on the initial report of Morocco adopted by the Committee at its nineteenth session 37.The Committee recognizes the efforts made by the State party to ensure that migrant workers have access to birth registration. However, the Committee […]


South Africa: Legal fight goes on for stateless persons

October 7, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Legal fight goes on for stateless persons

By Ilse de Lange Herbert Baluku spent six years of his adult life in jail and was released from a South African deportation centre only after two urgent court applications. His only “crime” was not being able to prove citizenship […]


Lesotho: Asemie takes fight to African Commission

October 4, 2013 11:02 am Published by Comments Off on Lesotho: Asemie takes fight to African Commission

By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Eyob Asemie, a businessman of Ethiopian origin who had his Lesotho citizenship revoked is now stateless and appealing for intervention from the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR). He wants to regain his […]


Backlash against Malawian migrants in Tanzania

October 4, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Backlash against Malawian migrants in Tanzania

An official crackdown on undocumented migrants in Tanzania has sparked a wave of attacks against Malawians living there, causing many to flee for home. In recent weeks, hundreds of returnees, some still recovering from the beatings they received, have been […]


Submission by UNHCR: Universal Periodic Review of Nigeria, 2013

October 1, 2013 6:35 pm Published by Comments Off on Submission by UNHCR: Universal Periodic Review of Nigeria, 2013

Submission to 17th UPR session, reviewed on 22 October 2013 (document is undated), including information on legal reform and domestication of the international statelessness conventions, and on birth registration and preservation of identity. Download from OHCHR website.


RDC: l’arrivée en zone M23 de 200 familles venues du Rwanda fait débat

October 1, 2013 11:25 am Published by Comments Off on RDC: l’arrivée en zone M23 de 200 familles venues du Rwanda fait débat

Deux cents familles venues du Rwanda se sont installées dans une zone de la province du Nord-Kivu contrôlée par le Mouvement du 23-Mars (M23). S’agit-il de réfugiés rwandais ou de Tutsis congolais ? L’incertitude demeure et la polémique enfle. L’incertitude […]