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CRC Concluding Observations: Guinea Bissau, 2013

July 8, 2013 7:53 pm Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Guinea Bissau, 2013

CRC/C/GNB/CO/2-4 Concluding observations on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Guinea-Bissau, adopted by the Committee at its sixty-third session (27 May–14 June 2013) Birth registration 32. The Committee is deeply concerned that birth registration has declined from 39 […]


Tanzania: Dual citizenship still a hot potato

July 8, 2013 2:56 pm Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: Dual citizenship still a hot potato

By Frank Kimboy and Bernard Lugongo The Citizen Reporters Dar es Salaam. The draft constitution’s failure to address the dual citizenship issue has drawn continued criticism. People who spoke to The Citizen on various occasions last week said the matter […]


No change to citizenship law: Chinamasa

July 8, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on No change to citizenship law: Chinamasa

Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa has ruled out changes to the country’s citizenship laws following Zanu PF’s landslide victory in last week’s elections. With the parties to the outgoing government giving conflicting interpretations of the relevant provisions in the country’s new […]


Senegal: Loi 2013-05 du 8 juillet 2013 portant modification de la loi no 61-10 du 7 mars 1961 déterminant la nationalité

July 8, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Senegal: Loi 2013-05 du 8 juillet 2013 portant modification de la loi no 61-10 du 7 mars 1961 déterminant la nationalité

Law No. 2013-05 dated 8 july 2013 modifying law no. 61-10 of 7 March 1961 determining nationality. This law modifies the Senegalese nationality law of 1961 to remove gender discrimination by affirming the right of Senegalese mothers to pass their nationality […]


Tanzania: ‘Right to Citizenship Should Feature in New Constitution’

July 6, 2013 1:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Tanzania: ‘Right to Citizenship Should Feature in New Constitution’

By Jaffar Mjasiri UNLESS the right to citizenship is clearly defined in the country’s new Katiba, the changes that are being undertaken may not make difference to ordinary people, some Constitution experts based in East Africa have said. Speaking at […]


Sudan: National identity cards, including issuance procedures; information contained in the cards, including physical description (2001-June 2013)

July 3, 2013 5:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Sudan: National identity cards, including issuance procedures; information contained in the cards, including physical description (2001-June 2013)

1. Background In correspondence with the Research Directorate, a lawyer in Khartoum indicated that in Sudan there are various identity card systems, which fall under the following Acts: Identity Card Act 1981, Civil Registry Act 2001, and Civil Registry Act […]


Rwanda’s refugees should not be forced to return

June 30, 2013 3:14 pm Published by Comments Off on Rwanda’s refugees should not be forced to return

A “cessation clause” invoked by the UN could remove protections for many of the world’s 100,000 Rwandan refugees. by Yoletta Nyange Yoletta Nyange is a Rwandan-born journalist who has lived and worked across several countries including UK, Venezuela, Tunisia, Ethiopia […]


Le Sénégal fait un pas de plus vers l’égalité homme-femme

June 29, 2013 11:47 am Published by Comments Off on Le Sénégal fait un pas de plus vers l’égalité homme-femme

L’Assemblée nationale sénégalaise a voté ce vendredi 28 juin une loi permettant à toute Sénégalaise de transmettre la nationalité à ses enfants et à son conjoint de nationalité étrangère. C’est une modification majeure du code de la nationalité, qui est […]


Les députés adoptent une loi permettant à la femme sénégalaise de donner la nationalité à son mari et ses enfants

June 28, 2013 11:44 am Published by Comments Off on Les députés adoptent une loi permettant à la femme sénégalaise de donner la nationalité à son mari et ses enfants

L’Assemblée nationale a adopté vendredi à l’unanimité un projet de loi autorisant les femmes sénégalaises à donner la nationalité à leur époux et à leurs enfants de nationalité étrangère, a constaté l’APS. Le projet de loi a été adopté lors […]


Zimbabwe: Mawere v. Registrar General & Others

June 26, 2013 2:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Mawere v. Registrar General & Others

(CCZ 27/13) [2015] ZWCC 04 CASE SUMMARY Mawere v Registrar-General & Ors CC-4-15 (Garwe JA, Chidyausiku CJ, Malaba DCJ, Ziyambi JA, Gwaunza JA, Gowora JA, Hlatshwayo JA, Patel JA & Chiweshe AJA concurring) (decision given 26 June 2013; judgment made available March 2015) […]