Author Archives for Bronwen Manby
June 25, 2013 9:12 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 24, 2013 12:20 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 21, 2013 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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. […]
June 20, 2013 12:42 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 14, 2013 6:11 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 13, 2013 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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, […]
June 11, 2013 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 6, 2013 11:43 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 4, 2013 9:25 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 1, 2013 7:03 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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° […]
June 1, 2013 5:15 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 1, 2013 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]