Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission – Partial Award: Civilian Claims – Eritrea’s Claims 15, 16, 23 and 27-32

December 17, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission – Partial Award: Civilian Claims – Eritrea’s Claims 15, 16, 23 and 27-32

Summary of decision includes: Nationality—issuance of passports considered as evidence of a continued nationality—competency of a State not yet recognised de jure by the international community to confer its nationality—no automatic loss of a previous  nationality implied by the acquisition […]


Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission – Partial Award: Civilian Claims – Ethiopia’s Claim 5

December 17, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission – Partial Award: Civilian Claims – Ethiopia’s Claim 5

Summary of decision includes: Expulsion of civilians—no liability arising from departure resulting of economic and social dislocation due to war or for harsh conditions of such journeys thereafter—no  liability arising from a short notice of departure and consecutive economic loss—right […]


Birth registration no small affair for refugee children in Ghana

December 8, 2004 9:05 am Published by Comments Off on Birth registration no small affair for refugee children in Ghana

The UN refugee agency and the Ghanaian Registrar of Births and Deaths are registering children in Buduburam refugee settlement in order to provide them with birth certificates. This will fulfil their birthright to an identity and facilitate repatriation should their […]


CEDAW: State Report of the DRC, 2004

November 30, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CEDAW: State Report of the DRC, 2004

CEDAW/C/COD/4-5 Combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of States parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo Legislation on nationality Congolese nationality is currently governed by Decree-Law No. 197 of 29 January 1999, amending and supplementing Act No. 81-002 of 29 June […]


Dar-es-Salaam Declaration on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region

November 20, 2004 9:44 am Published by Comments Off on Dar-es-Salaam Declaration on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region

Adopted by the First Summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, Dar-es-Salaam, 19-20 November 2004 Extract: 68. Adopt a common regional approach for the ratification […]


Mozambique Constitution 2004

November 16, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Mozambique Constitution 2004

Download extracts relevant to nationality: Mozambique Constitution 2004 (Extracts) Complete text on Refworld website.  


Loi No. 04-024 du 12 novembre 2004 relative à la nationalité congolaise

November 12, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Loi No. 04-024 du 12 novembre 2004 relative à la nationalité congolaise

Article 6 : Est Congolais d’origine, toute personne appartenant aux groupes ethniques et nationalités dont les personnes et le territoire constituaient ce qui est devenu le Congo (présentement la République Démocratique du Congo) à l’indépendance. Article 7 : Est Congolais […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Angola, 2004

November 4, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Angola, 2004

CRC/C/15/Add.246 Thirty-seventh session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Angola Birth registration 26. While welcoming the efforts undertaken by the State party in cooperation with civil society groups to ensure that children […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Equatorial Guinea, 2004

November 3, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Equatorial Guinea, 2004

CRC/C/15/Add.245 Thirty-seventh session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Equatorial Guinea Birth registration 30. The Committee notes the efforts undertaken by the State party regarding the registration of births, but remains […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Botswana, 2004

November 3, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Botswana, 2004

CRC/C/15/Add.242 Thirty-seventh session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Botswana Birth registration 34. While the Committee welcomes the amendments to the Birth and Death Registration Act of 1998 that ensures the […]