Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Djibouti : vos papiers, s’il vous plaît !

June 25, 2013 9:12 am Published by Comments Off on Djibouti : vos papiers, s’il vous plaît !

Le nouveau Premier ministre, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, a engagé une vaste réforme de l’administration à Djibouti. Parmi ses mesures phares : l’identification des populations. En succédant, le 31 mars, à Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed a déclaré que son magistère […]


300 Former Sierra Leonean Refugees Conferred Liberian Citizenship

June 24, 2013 12:20 pm Published by Comments Off on 300 Former Sierra Leonean Refugees Conferred Liberian Citizenship

After two decades of living in Liberia, 300 former Sierra Leonean refugees have been conferred Liberian citizenship as countries around the world marked World Refugee Day on 20 June. The former refugees took the Oath of Allegiance at Criminal Court […]


Stateless Zimbabwe residents gain citizenship

June 21, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Stateless Zimbabwe residents gain citizenship

Standing in a winding queue in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, Judith Kapito, 38, cannot hide her excitement: she is waiting to receive a new identity document, one that will offer her rights and opportunities she has long been deprived of. […]


Sierra Leonean Refugees Given Liberian Citizenship

June 20, 2013 12:42 pm Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leonean Refugees Given Liberian Citizenship

Liberia granted 300 Sierra Leonean refugees citizenship on Thursday at a ceremony to mark World Refugee Day. Around 100,000 people fled Sierra Leone to neighboring Liberia in 1991 when rebels from the Revolutionary United Front attempted to overthrow the government […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Rwanda 2013

June 14, 2013 6:11 pm Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Rwanda 2013

CRC/C/RWA/CO/3-4 Concluding observations on the third and fourth periodic reports of Rwanda, adopted by the Committee at its sixty-third session (27 May–14 June 2013) The Committee states: Birth registration 25. While  the  Committee  notes  that  Law  Nº  54/2011  of  14  […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Guinea, 2013

June 13, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Guinea, 2013

CRC/C/GIN/CO/2 Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Guinea, adopted by the Committee at its sixty-second session (14 January–1 February 2013) Birth registration 44. While welcoming the numerous measures taken by the State party to increase birth registration rates, […]


Second-class citizens? Gender in African citizenship law

June 11, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Second-class citizens? Gender in African citizenship law

By: Jennifer C. Seely, Emma Diambogne Dioufa, Charlotte-Anne Malischewskia, Maria Vaikatha & Kiah Young-Burnsa Citizenship Studies, Vol.17, Nos.3-4, 2013, pp.429-446 In recent publications, Manby (2009, 2010) has pointed out serious inequities in African citizenship laws. As women are one of […]


Burundi: L’Onpra face aux réfugiés et apatrides

June 6, 2013 11:43 am Published by Comments Off on Burundi: L’Onpra face aux réfugiés et apatrides

Par Edouard Madirisha Le gouvernement du Burundi a ratifié les principaux instruments internationaux de protection des réfugiés et ceux-ci ont été intégrés dans la législation nationale. C’est dans ce cadre que le gouvernement s’est doté d’une instance spécifique : l’Office […]


Refugee stories: stateless Nubians

June 4, 2013 9:25 am Published by Comments Off on Refugee stories: stateless Nubians

Rejected by the countries they call home and denied the most basic of rights, stateless people live in a shadowy limbo — in the words of one such person, like being “between the earth and the sky”. Up to 15 […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Compil des textes legislatifs et reglementaires relatifs à l’identification des personnes et au séjour des étrangers

June 1, 2013 7:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Compil des textes legislatifs et reglementaires relatifs à l’identification des personnes et au séjour des étrangers

1. Loi n° 62-64 du 20 Février 1962, instituant une Carte nationale d’Identité 2. Décret n° 67-86 du 10 Mars 1976, fixant les modalités d’application de la loi n°62-64 du 20 Février, instituant une Carte nationale d’Identité 3. Décret n° […]


Our Motherland, Our Country: Gender Discrimination and Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

June 1, 2013 5:15 pm Published by Comments Off on Our Motherland, Our Country: Gender Discrimination and Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

29 countries deny women the right to transfer their nationality to their children.This report details the effects of this gender discrimination in two countries where the practice persists (Jordan and Kuwait) and describes the benefits where the law has changed […]


Identities and citizenship in Sudan: Governing constitutional principles

June 1, 2013 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Identities and citizenship in Sudan: Governing constitutional principles

Nasredeen Abdulbari, “Identities and citizenship in Sudan: Governing constitutional principles” African Human Rights Law Journal, (2013) Vol.13  pp.383-414 In several states across the globe, the relationship between the state and its cultural, religious, ethnic, and tribal components is still an […]