Communication No 940/2000: Côte d’Ivoire. Views adopted 26/07/2002 CCPR/C/75/D/940/2000. The facts as presented by the author 2.1 The author alleges that he is unable to participate in the presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire, in this case the election scheduled for […]
Some 35,000 overseas British citizens who were left stateless when the 1968 Labour government closed the door on the entry of east African Asians are finally to be given the opportunity to take up full British citizenship. The home secretary, […]
By Tom Kuhlman This report constitutes part of an EPAU project on protracted refugee situations, of which the situation of Liberians in Côte d’Ivoire is one case. This case study is aimed at drawing the lessons to be learned with […]
In January this year the High Court, in the decision in Tsvangirai v The Registrar General and Ors HH-29-2002, extended the period for renunciation of foreign citizenship in terms of the amended Citizenship Act to 6 August 2002. The judgment […]
In January this year the High Court, in the decision in Tsvangirai v The Registrar General and Ors HH-29-2002, extended the period for renunciation of foreign citizenship in terms of the amended Citizenship Act to 6 August 2002. The judgment was appealed […]
CRC/C/15/Add.177 Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Name and nationality 28. Noting the significant efforts by the State party to improve birth registration, the Committee remains concerned that not all children are registered […]
L’Assemblée Nationale a délibéré et adopté en sa séance du 07 juin 2002, puis en sa séance du 14 juin 2004, suite à la décision DCC 02-144 du 23 décembre 2002 de la Cour constitutionnelle, pour mise en conformité à […]
HH 87-2002HC 4448/02 Declaring that the applicant is a citizen of Zimbabwe and should be issued a passport. Download: Manwere vs Registrar General High Court 2002
Law on citizenship for the unrecognised state of Somaliland. Article 2: Citizenship by birth 1. A Somaliland citizen by birth is anyone whose father is a descendent of persons who resided in the territory of Somaliland on 26 June 1960 […]
This update provides you with a press release from the Legal Resources Foundation regarding Judith Todd’s critical court case against the Registrar General & Minister of Home Affairs. The judge ruled that people who have never taken up their entitlement […]
Committee on the Rights of the Child Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Initial reports of States parties due in 1995 Seychelles Extract: A. Right to a name, nationality and identity (art. 7) […]
Further to the explanation we issued in early March concerning citizenship and voting issues, we provide more information of relevance on citizenship issues. This is general information and is not intended to be regarded as “legal advice”. It is important […]