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 […]
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 […]
CRC/C/15/Add.218 Birth registration 34. While noting the obligation to officially register all births and the various initiatives that have been taken to increase the number of birth registrations, such as the “judicial ruling operation”, the Committee remains concerned at the […]
Download/ télécharger: Décret N° 100-156 du 14 Octobre 2003
CRC/C/28/Add.21 Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Initial reports of States parties due in 1995 Liberia Download excerpt relating to nationality: here (79 kb)
By David C. Earnest This paper surveys the practice of voting rights for resident aliens in the world today. It shows that although the practice is surprisingly widespread–from Europe to South America, to Australia and New Zealand–the specific institutions that […]
Act 23/1984, as amended by Acts 7/1990 (S. 152(5)), 12/2001, 22/2001, 23/2001, 1/2002, and 12/2003 Amending legislation: Electoral Act No.7 of 1990 Citizenship of Zimbabwe Amendment Act, 2001 (date of commencement: 6th July, 2001). Criminal Penalties Amendment Act, 2002 (date of […]
CRC/C/15/Add.211 Thirty-third session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Morocco Birth registration 32. The Committee welcomes the new law on birth registration that has been in force since May 2000, but […]
UN Document E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/34 Working paper submitted by Mr. Vladimir Kartashkin pursuant to Sub-Commission decision 2002/112 Download file: here
CERD/C/431/Add.5 Seventeenth periodic report of States parties due in 2002 Addendum Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Excerpt: With regard to subparagraph (iii), principle 4 of the Great Green Document stipulates that “citizenship in the society of the Jamahiriya is a sacred right […]
Response to information request from the Canadian Refugee Board. Download file: here
Constitution of the Republic Of Rwanda (O.G. No.Special of 4 June 2003, P.119) and its Amendments of 2nd December 2003 (O.G. No. Special of 2nd December 2003, 2003, P. 11) and 8 December 2005 [further revised in 2015] Article 7 […]