Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Plans for African passport shelved for now

July 5, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Plans for African passport shelved for now

by Richard Mantu (Sirte) Plans for Africa to start issuing a unique passport must be put on hold to allow necessary measures to be put in place first, says the head of the African Union (AU) Commission. Addressing the opening […]


Report of the African Union conference of ministers on immigration

July 2, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Report of the African Union conference of ministers on immigration

AU Document EX.CL/197, adopted by the Executive Council at its Seventh Ordinary Session, Sirte, Libya 28 June – 2 July 2005 Endorses the proposal for an African passport, and calls for the elaboration of a protocol on deportation and mass […]


Ministers agree African diplomatic passport concept

June 30, 2005 9:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Ministers agree African diplomatic passport concept

Sirte, Libya (PANA) – African immigration ministers have accepted “in principle” the concept of an African Diplomatic Passport, and recommended consultations ahead of its introduction. The ministers said in a report the proposed diplomatic passport should be limited to specified […]


Gambia Children’s Act, 2005

June 23, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Gambia Children’s Act, 2005

The Gambia Children’s Act recognises that every child has the right ‘to acquire nationality’ (Article 8). The act holds that birth registration shall be done in accordance with the relevant law (7(2), namely the Birth, Death and Marriage Registration Act). Section […]


AU Ministers weigh Kadhafi appeal for African passport

June 19, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on AU Ministers weigh Kadhafi appeal for African passport

TRIPOLI, June 19 (AFP) – African Union officials agreed to consider a proposal by Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to create an African passport to allow freer movement on the continent, the AU said Sunday in a statement. Kadhafi called on […]


Zimbabwe: Judge delivers landmark ruling on citizenship case

June 16, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Judge delivers landmark ruling on citizenship case

BULAWAYO – A High Court judge has declared a Bulawayo lawyer born of foreign parents a citizen of Zimbabwe in a landmark ruling certain to come as a relief to thousands of individuals denied citizenship in the last five years […]


African ministers push for protocol on deportation, mass expulsion

June 10, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on African ministers push for protocol on deportation, mass expulsion

Sirte, Libya (PANA) – Mass expulsion and deportations in Africa have often not respected human rights provisions, African ministers on immigration have observed in a report on the free movement of people on the continent. They noted that while the […]


Décision n° 008/CEI/BUR/05/ du 09 juin 2005 relative aux mesures d’application de la Loi n° 04/028 du 24 décembre 2004 portant identification et enrôlement des électeurs en République Démocratique du Congo

June 9, 2005 10:07 am Published by Comments Off on Décision n° 008/CEI/BUR/05/ du 09 juin 2005 relative aux mesures d’application de la Loi n° 04/028 du 24 décembre 2004 portant identification et enrôlement des électeurs en République Démocratique du Congo

Telécharger: DRC Decision identification electeurs 2006


Registration of Zanzibaris Resident Act No.7 of 2005

May 12, 2005 9:17 am Published by Comments Off on Registration of Zanzibaris Resident Act No.7 of 2005

An Act to make provision for the registration of Zanzibaris resident in Zanzibar and for the issuance of identity cards and for other matters connected therewith. Download file: Registration of Zanzibaris Resident Act 7 2005


Human Rights Committee: Third periodic report of the DRC

May 3, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Human Rights Committee: Third periodic report of the DRC

CCPR/C/COD/2005/3 Rights of the child 277. Regarding the registration of children in the civil register, article 116 of the Family Code provides that: “Any birth in the territory of the Republic must be reported to the civil registrar in the […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2005

April 13, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2005

CRC/C/15/Add.257 Thirty-eighth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Nigeria Birth registration 36. While acknowledging the work of the National Population Commission and the African Refugee Commission whose mandate includes birth […]