Many Angolan refugees living in South Africa have been left undocumented after a deadline for the cessation of their refugee status elapsed before they were able to secure immigration permits or exemption decisions.
By Pini Bothoko TONOTA: For years the Bazezuru of Maseka ward in Mandunyane have been living a miserable life without identity cards and passports though they were born and have lived in Botswana all their lives. These BaZezuru have been […]
By Liesl Muller, Lawyers For Human Rights South Africa’s 1994 elections paved the way for all citizens to enjoy the human rights flowing from equal citizenship but rumours of the deficient pre-electoral registration of the previously disadvantaged have been wholly […]
O Conselho de Ministros aprovou esta quinta-feira, 05, uma nova proposta de Lei sobre a Nacionalidade Cabo-verdiana. O diploma, que deverá ainda ser discutido e apreciado pelo Parlamento na Sessão de Outubro, traz soluções novas a velhos problemas das nossas […]
Eritrea: Identification documents, including national identity cards and birth certificates; requirements and procedures for obtaining and renewing identity documents, both within the country and abroad (2009-August 2013) 1. National Identity Cards The UK Border Agency’s Country of Origin Information service […]
O Governo de Cabo Verde aprovou na quinta-feira um projeto de lei para a criação de uma nova Lei da Nacionalidade, que deverá ser discutida e aprovada pelo Parlamento em outubro próximo, segundo a imprensa local. Segundo o porta-voz do […]
Bilingual monthly information bulletin / Bulletin mensuel bilingue d’informations – N° 14 – août/septembre 2013 Special edition: “Bakassi peninsula under the complete sovereignty of Cameroon”. Downlad file: Le temps des realisations No.14 aout-sept 2013
Several thousand “illegal immigrants” have been expelled from Tanzania to Rwanda in the past month, which some are linking to a recent row between the two governments, as the BBC’s Prudent Nsengiyumva reports. Link to BBC website.
Compilation of extracts from concluding observations relating to nationality of UN human rights committees (ICCPR, CEDAW, CRC) for MENA countries, including Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt) Download file: Treaty body excerpts on nationality (285 kb)
By Mike Sanderson Following the secession of South Sudan from the Republic of Sudan on 9 July 2011 both countries have passed new citizenship legislation with dramatic effects for the rights of individuals in both countries. I assess these new legislative regimes […]
Une cinquantaine de ceux que les Burundais ont toujours appelés « les Arabes » ont organisé un sit-in hier, lundi 26 août devant les bureaux du Haut commissariat pour les réfugiés (HCR) au Burundi, pour réclamer que leur pays d’origine, […]
Police have been deployed heavily on the Uganda-Tanzania border post to prevent Rwandans expelled from Tanzania from entering Uganda. President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania last month ordered for the expulsion of at least 20, 000 Rwandans who have been living […]