Article 3: Any person born of an Eritrean father or mother is Eritrean by birth. Any foreign citizen may acquire Eritrean citizenship pursuant to law. The details concerning citizenship shall be regulated by law. Download here.
E/CN.4/1997/6 Report on the situation of human rights in Zaire, prepared by the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Roberto Garretón, in accordance with Commission resolution 1996/77 Download excerpt related to nationality here.
Approved by national referendum on 8 August 1996, entered into force on 16 January 1997 (Act No. 1 of 1997). Chapter III of the Constitution governs citizenship. Download: Gambia Constitution, 1997, Chap III, as amended 2001 In addition, Article 62 […]
Télécharger Décret No 97-2007 Fixant le Statut des Terroirs des Pasteurs, Niger. (PDF)
By Angele N. Makombo, African Yearbook of International Law, Vol.5, 1997, pp.49-62. Download from Afr. Y.B. Int’l L website.
PDF includes: The Citizenship (Forms and Fees) Regulations (1961) – G.N. Nos. 431 of 1961, as amended by G.N. 21 of 1964, 69 of 1967, 64 of 1970, 121 of 1982, 411 of 1998 The Citizenship (Forms and Fees) Regulations […]
Refugee Survey Quarterly Vol.16, No.1, 1997 Special edition featuring several articles on the crisis in the Kivu provinces of DR Congo (then Zaire) that touch on the citizenship of the Banyarwanda, including report by UN Special Rapporteur Roberto Garreton. Link […]
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1996 Act 527. Article 8 of the Constitution substituted. “Dual citizenship I. Article 8 of the Constitution is repealed and the following inserted – 8 (1) A citizen of Ghana may […]
Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.14) Act, No. 14 of 1996 (entry into force 6 December 1996). Amends the constitution to restrict citizenship by birth to children born in Zimbabwe with one parent who is a citizen (removing previous rights for […]
Approved by the Constitutional Court (CC) on 4 December 1996 and entered into force on 4 February 1997. Article 3: Citizenship 1. There is a common South African citizenship. 2. All citizens are : a. equally entitled to the rights, […]
To provide for the compilation and maintenance of a population register in respect of the population of Namibia, for the issue of identity documents to persons whose names are included in the population register; and for matters connected therewith. Download: […]
Constitution of the Republic of Ghana (Amendment) Bill Presented by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice First reading: Constitution (Amendment) Bill First Reading 21.06.1996 Second reading: Constitution (Amendment) Bill Second Reading 29.10.1996 Consideration stage: Constitution (Amendment) Bill Consideration 31.10.1996 […]