Obiora Chinedu Okafor, “The Fundamental Right to a Passport Under Nigerian Law: An Integrated Viewpoint” Journal of African Law / Volume 40 / Issue 01 / Spring 1996, pp 53-61 The struggle of Nigerian civil society for the establishment of […]
Law No. 96-06 of 18 January 1996 to revise the Constitution of 2 June 1972 Télécharger ici: Cameroon-Constitution
Repeals and replaces the Citizenship Act 1961. 5.-(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), every person born in the United Republic on or after Union Day shall be deemed to have become and to have continued to be a […]
Original unamended version. Chapter III provides for citizenship; schedule 3 lists the communities regarded as ‘indigenous’ for the purposes of Chapter III. Download complete file: Uganda Constitution 1995 Download extract of Chapter III : 1995 Uganda Constitution Chapter III on […]
Original unamended text. Download file: here (59 kb)
Texte original et modifications 1995 en annexe. Télécharger: Code de la nationalité malienne
Amends the 1962 nationality code to increase the rights of women in relation to transmission of nationality to their children and to permit dual nationality. Modifie le code de la nationalité malienne de 1962 afin de créer plus de droits […]
The 1995 amendments removed gender discrimination and also removed rights based on birth in Mauritius. Download file: here (96 kb)
Removes gender discrimination; also removes all rights based on birth in Mauritius. Download file: Mauritius Constitution and Citizenship Amendment Acts 1995
Extracts Article 6: Nationality 1. Any person of either sex shall be an Ethiopian national where both or either parent is Ethiopian. 2. Foreign nationals may acquire Ethiopian nationality. 3. Particulars relating to nationality shall be determined by law. Article […]
CRC/C/28/Add.1 Initial reports of States parties due in 1995 Addendum KINGDOM OF MOROCCO A. Name and nationality (art. 7) The right to a name from birth is based on both our country’s history and sociological situation; there can be no […]
Article 30 states: Burden of proof 30. Where in any proceedings under or for any of the purposes of this Act, any of the following questions is in issue, namely- (a) whether any person is or is not a citizen […]