Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Cote d’Ivoire: Bid to handout ID cards ahead of key vote kicks off

May 18, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Bid to handout ID cards ahead of key vote kicks off

A pilot scheme to provide thousands of Ivorians with identity papers and voting cards kicked off across war-divided Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday, though few turned up to hearings in the government controlled south which were disrupted by supporters of the […]


Report on the Introduction of Dual Citizenship to Tanzania

May 12, 2006 3:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Report on the Introduction of Dual Citizenship to Tanzania

In June 2004 the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania, in accordance with its mandate as provided under sections 4 (2) and 9 (1) of the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania Act, [CAP 171 RE. 2002], and acting on its own […]


Marriage To A Foreigner: What it means in terms of Namibian laws

April 13, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Marriage To A Foreigner: What it means in terms of Namibian laws

by * TONI HANCOX THEY met, fell in love and got married. He is Namibian, she isn’t. It should be one of the happiest times in a couple’s life – the period of wedded bliss just after marriage. From the […]


Resolution on “Legal Identity and Statelessness”

April 8, 2006 3:44 pm Published by Comments Off on Resolution on “Legal Identity and Statelessness”

RES/45/SP.1 The Asian African Legal Consultative Organization at its Forty-Fifth Session, Noting the appreciation of the views expressed by the Secretary General of AALCO, the UNHCR Chief of Mission, New Delhi, the Chairperson, Panelists, as well as the deliberations reflecting […]


Rush for IDs in Zanzibar

April 3, 2006 9:19 am Published by Comments Off on Rush for IDs in Zanzibar

A new law requiring national identity cards in order to receive salaries and public services took effect on 1 April on Tanzania’s semiautonomous island of Zanzibar, sending residents scrambling for the necessary documentation on Monday. “As from April 1, most […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Key pre-electoral identification process delayed

March 31, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Key pre-electoral identification process delayed

ABIDJAN, 31 March 2006 (IRIN) – The start of a process to identify Ivorian nationals, key to holding presidential elections in Cote d’Ivoire later this year, has been held up by President Laurent Gbagbo, local newspapers said on Friday. Read […]


Thirty years on, UNHCR seeks full integration for Congolese refugees in Angola

March 21, 2006 11:57 am Published by Comments Off on Thirty years on, UNHCR seeks full integration for Congolese refugees in Angola

Thousands of Congolese refugees who fled in the 1970s to Angola from what was then Zaire, are having to decide whether to officially integrate or go home to the now Democratic Republic of the Congo – a country which many […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Mauritius, 2006

March 17, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Mauritius, 2006

CRC/C/MUS/CO/2 Committee on the Rights of the Child Forty-first session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Mauritius Birth registration 33. The Committee notes with appreciation the initiatives undertaken by the State […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Ghana, 2006

March 17, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Ghana, 2006

CRC/C/GHA/CO/2 Committee on the Rights of the Child Forty-first session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Ghana Birth registration 32. Notwithstanding the remarkable progress achieved in improving birth registration coverage from […]


Constitution of Uganda 1995, as amended 2005

February 15, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Constitution of Uganda 1995, as amended 2005

Chapter III and Schedule 3 amended by Uganda Constitution Amendment Act, No.11 of 2005; Schedule 5 substituted by Act No.21 of 2005. Download file: Uganda Constitution 1995 as amended 2005


Constitution de la Republique Democratique du Congo 2006

February 1, 2006 12:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Constitution de la Republique Democratique du Congo 2006

Chapitre 2 : De la Nationalité Article 10 La nationalité congolaise est une et exclusive. Elle ne peut être détenue concurremment avec aucune autre. La nationalité congolaise est soit d’origine, soit d’acquisition individuelle. Est Congolais d’origine, toute personne appartenant aux […]