Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

CEDAW Concluding Comments: Equatorial Guinea, 2004

February 11, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CEDAW Concluding Comments: Equatorial Guinea, 2004

Extract from Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women – Thirtieth session (12-30 January 2004) & Thirty-first session (6-23 July 2004), UN Document 38 (A/59/38) 209. The Committee is concerned that the law relating to nationality […]


Maroc Code de la Famille 2004

February 3, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Maroc Code de la Famille 2004

Dahir n°1–04-22 du 12 hija 1424 (3 février 2004) portant promulgation de la Loi n°70-03 portant code de la famille Télécharger: Maroc Code de la famille (PDF)


Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic, 2004

February 1, 2004 2:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic, 2004

The date of entry into force of the Transitional Federal Charter is unclear.  Delegates to the Somalia National Reconciliation Conference held in Kenya adopted a draft of the text at a plenary meeting of the Conference on 15 September 2003.  […]


Ethiopia: Authority Issues Directives Outlining Duties of Eritreans Residing in Ethiopia

January 23, 2004 6:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Ethiopia: Authority Issues Directives Outlining Duties of Eritreans Residing in Ethiopia

The Security, Immigration And Refugee Affairs Authority has issued directives outlining the duties Eritreans residing in Ethiopia are required to fulfill. The Authority said in a statement that anyone bearing an Eritrean passport or possessing any document evidencing his/her being […]


Directive Issued to Determine the Residence Status of Eritrean Nationals Residing in Ethiopia

January 23, 2004 10:53 am Published by Comments Off on Directive Issued to Determine the Residence Status of Eritrean Nationals Residing in Ethiopia

Part One 1. Introduction When Eritrea became an independent country by the Referendum held in Eritrea in 1993, persons of Eritrean origin who were Ethiopian nationals became Eritrean nationals or their right to Eritrean nationality was established. Numerous persons of […]


Cote d’Ivoire : Décret n° 2004-05 du 06 janvier 2004 portant création, organisation, attributions et fonctionnement d’une Commission Nationale de Supervision de l’Identification

January 6, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire : Décret n° 2004-05 du 06 janvier 2004 portant création, organisation, attributions et fonctionnement d’une Commission Nationale de Supervision de l’Identification

Télécharger ici: Cote_dIvoire_portant_creation_organisation_attributions_et_functionnement_2004-05_06-Jan-04


Towards the Harmonization of Immigration and Refugee Law in SADC

January 1, 2004 9:38 am Published by Comments Off on Towards the Harmonization of Immigration and Refugee Law in SADC

By Jonathan Klaaren and Bonaventure Rutinwa The report … is divided into five separate thematic chapters. The first three chapters consider issues that are foundational to the efficient working of any immigration regime: citizenship and registration law. The final two […]


Botswana Citizenship Act 1998 Cap.01:01 as amended to 2004

January 1, 2004 12:00 am Published by 1 Comment

The Citizenship Act No.8 of 1998 repealed and replaced the Citizenship Act 1982.  This version includes amendments made in 2002 (allowing for exemption from language requirement for naturalisation) and 2004 (deleting s.13(1)(b) on naturalisation, allowing dual citizenship for children, and […]


Understanding women’s experiences of citizenship in Nigeria: From advocacy to research

January 1, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Understanding women’s experiences of citizenship in Nigeria: From advocacy to research

By Charmaine Pereira Chapter in: Gender, Economies and Entitlements in Africa. CODESRIA Gender Series Volume 2. Dakar, CODESRIA, 2004, available at http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1386. Citizenship, as the relationship of the individual to the state, has been reconstructed in feminist theorizing during the […]


ACHPR Comm 249/02 : IHRDA (on behalf of Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea) / Guinea

January 1, 2004 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on ACHPR Comm 249/02 : IHRDA (on behalf of Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea) / Guinea

ACHPR Comm 249/02 : Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (on behalf of Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea) / Guinea It is alleged by the Complainant that on 9th September 2000, Guinean President Lansana Conté proclaimed over the […]


Proclamation No. 378/2003 on Ethiopian Nationality

December 23, 2003 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Proclamation No. 378/2003 on Ethiopian Nationality

The 2003 Proclamation repeals and replaces the nationality law of 1930. It establishes a descent-based regime for attribution of citizenship at birth, removing gender discrimination in in relation to transmission of citizenship to children and spouses, and providing for a […]


Gender, Citizenship, and Nationality in the Arab Region

November 1, 2003 10:27 am Published by Comments Off on Gender, Citizenship, and Nationality in the Arab Region

By Lina Abou-Habib, in Gender and Development, Vol. 11, No. 3, Citizenship (Nov., 2003), pp. 66-75 (10 pages) Abstract: Conflict, the need to earn a livelihood, and other factors lead to international migration. Statistics on migration to and from Arab […]