May 6, 2011 7:55 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Modifications à la loi du 29 juin 1981 portant organisation de l’état civil et diverses dispositions relatives à l’état des personnes physiques Télécharger: Loi no 2011-011 du 6 mai 2011 modifiant et completant l’ordonnance no 81-02 du 29 juin 1981
May 4, 2011 1:32 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Immigration Department has held a press conference to unveil the Naturalization and Citizenship Application pack at their head office at Rawdon Street in Freetown. The pack contains the criterion and procedure by which non Sierra Leoneans are accorded Sierra […]
May 4, 2011 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Mahmoud Mamdani Reflecting on the context behind South Sudan’s exercise in self-determination and the potential sources of political violence following the country’s independence, Mahmood Mamdani explores Sudan’s longer-term historical experience – the role of imposed administrative identities under the […]
April 20, 2011 7:39 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
The Personal Status and Family Code of Mali was adopted in 2009 by the National Assembly, but promulgation by the President of Mali has been delayed until now due to the mobilization of Muslim religious organizations opposed to it. AWID […]
April 19, 2011 4:01 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Iheduru, Okechukwu C. “African States, Global Migration, and Transformations in Citizenship Politics.” Citizenship Studies 15, no. 2 (2011): 181–203. Over the past three decades, relations between African emigrants and their home-states have been changing from antagonism to attempts to embrace […]
April 16, 2011 12:27 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
Ntsebeng Motsoeli MASERU — Lesotho is experiencing an unprecedented surge in the number of people seeking to acquire the country’s citizenship, Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehohla has said. Speaking in an interview with the Sunday Express on Friday Lehohla said […]
April 13, 2011 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
CRAI recommends that the task force undertake a complete revision to the Citizenship Act, rather than attempting amendments to the existing text. The Act currently only includes some limited additional provisions relating to acquisition of citizenship by registration, leaving the […]
April 8, 2011 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
In Summary: New regulation a big relief for children whose parents died without acquiring papers for them as they risked missing out on national exams and inheritance– In normal circumstances in Kenya, it would take a long time for Victor […]
March 22, 2011 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Open Society Justice Initiative (on behalf of Children of Nubian Descent in Kenya) v. Government of Kenya, Communication No 002/Com/002/2009, Decision 22 March 2011 Download file: ACERWC, Decision in Kenyan […]
March 12, 2011 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Gianluca Parolin, American University in Cairo When Egyptian voters entered the polling stations on 19 March 2011, they found on the ballot a different text of the proposed amendments previously announced by the Supreme Council of the […]
March 11, 2011 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Gianluca Parolin, American University in Cairo Just after Mubarak’s resignation on 11 Feb 2011, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) assumed power and declared the suspension of the 1971 Constitution. A few days later, […]
March 3, 2011 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
by Laura Bingham, Julia Harrington Reddy & Sebastian Kohn Open Society Justice Initiative This Open Society Justice Initiative paper examines the definition of a stateless person under international law and the implications this definition has for victims of statelessness around the world. In May 2010, […]
