Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Mauritanie: Loi n° 2011 – 003 abrogeant et remplaçant la loi n°96.019 du 19 Juin 1996 portant Code de l’Etat Civil

January 12, 2011 3:30 pm Published by Comments Off on Mauritanie: Loi n° 2011 – 003 abrogeant et remplaçant la loi n°96.019 du 19 Juin 1996 portant Code de l’Etat Civil

Article Premier: La présente loi organise et détermine les conditions et les procédures obligatoires de déclaration, d’enregistrement des évènements d’Etat Civil ainsi que celles relatives à la délivrance, des actes sécurisés qui en découlent. Elle s’applique à tous les citoyens […]


South Africa: No deportations until March

January 7, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: No deportations until March

JOHANNESBURG, 7 January 2011 (IRIN) – Undocumented Zimbabwean migrants were given until 31 December 2010 to regularize their stay in South Africa, but this has been extended to 31 March, and problems with issuing passports by the Zimbabwean authorities could […]


Sudan: Citizenship Questions

January 2, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Sudan: Citizenship Questions

By Peter de Clercq (UNHCR Khartoum) Download file (scan of newspaper article): Citizenship Questions (PDF, 1005 kb)


Lesotho: Children’s Protection and Welfare Act No 7 of 2011

January 1, 2011 3:29 pm Published by Comments Off on Lesotho: Children’s Protection and Welfare Act No 7 of 2011

Section 7 : A child has the right, from birth, to a decent name and to acquire a nationality. Section 8: A child has a right to be registered within three months of birth whether born alive or still-born. Section […]


Nationality and citizenship questions in Sudan after the Southern Sudan referendum vote

January 1, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Nationality and citizenship questions in Sudan after the Southern Sudan referendum vote

Article by Munzoul A. M. Assal, associate professor of social anthropology and director, Graduate Affairs Administration, University of Khartoum. The fieldwork for this paper was supported by Peacebuilding in Sudan: Micro-Macro Issues, a Chr. Michelsen Institute project funded by the […]


The Zimbabwean Documentation Process: Lessons Learned

January 1, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Zimbabwean Documentation Process: Lessons Learned

By Roni Amit Between September 20 and December 31, 2010, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) carried out the Zimbabwe Documentation Process (ZDP). Intended as a model for similar documentation projects that the DHA plans to extend to other categories […]


Femmes, Migrations et Droits au Maroc

January 1, 2011 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Femmes, Migrations et Droits au Maroc

Par Khadija Elmadmad La migration féminine a connu un développement important au Maroc, surtout depuis la fin des années 1970 et plus particulièrement depuis les années 1990. Mais, malgré ce développement, l’intérêt académique porté à ce type de migration, et […]


Equatorial Guinea: update of identity documents

December 30, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Equatorial Guinea: update of identity documents

UPDATE OF IDENTITY DOCUMENTS The National Center for Official Documents (CNEDO) has been instructed to update all National Identity Documents per decision of the Prime-Minister of 25 October 2010. The CNEDO was created by Decree No. 24/2010, of 11 March […]


In Case of Secession, SPLM would have No Right to Interfere in Sudan’s Constitution

December 27, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on In Case of Secession, SPLM would have No Right to Interfere in Sudan’s Constitution

The National Congress Party has announced that SPLM has told them that it would present new proposals on the citizenship issue within the continuous dialogue between NCP and SPLM on the post-referendum arrangements. In a statement to SV, the NCP’s […]


Marrakech Declaration on the Rights of the Child

December 21, 2010 10:40 am Published by Comments Off on Marrakech Declaration on the Rights of the Child

We, the Representatives of Arab States participating in the “Fourth Arab High-Level Conference on the Rights of the Child” held in the City of Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco, under the gracious patronage of His Majesty King Mohamed VI from 19 […]


NCP: Dual nationality not an option in case of secession

December 18, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on NCP: Dual nationality not an option in case of secession

The National Congress Party (NCP) has underlined that dual nationality will not be an option in case of separation through the South Sudan referendum set for Jan.2011. The NCP Leadership member, Prof. Ibrahim Ghandour stressed that the issues of citizenship […]