July 5, 2005 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
July 2, 2005 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 30, 2005 9:09 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 23, 2005 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 19, 2005 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 16, 2005 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 10, 2005 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 6, 2005 12:00 am
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Lei No.1/2005 revokes and replaces 1991 nationality law. Download file: Angola Lei de Nacionalidade 1 July 2005
May 12, 2005 9:17 am
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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
May 3, 2005 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
April 13, 2005 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]