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Symposium on Citizenship Issues in Sudan: Summary of Proceedings and Related Documents

November 7, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Symposium on Citizenship Issues in Sudan: Summary of Proceedings and Related Documents

Symposium on Citizenship Issues in Sudan Khartoum 6—7 November 2010 From foreword by Haile Menkerios, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations Mission in Sudan: “To assist the Sudanese with the task of developing their citizenship laws, we are issuing […]


Sudan citizenship symposium: Keynote address

November 6, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Sudan citizenship symposium: Keynote address

SUDAN CITIZENSHIP SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MS. ERIKA FELLER, ASSISTANT HIGH COMMISSIONER – PROTECTION, UNHCR Khartoum, 6 November 2010 It is a great pleasure to join distinguished representatives of the governments of National Unity and the South, academics and experts […]


CEDAW Concluding Observations: Tunisia, 2010

November 5, 2010 5:16 pm Published by Comments Off on CEDAW Concluding Observations: Tunisia, 2010

CEDAW/C/TUN/CO/6 Nationality The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the delegation about the draft law amending article 6 of the Nationality Code. It remains concerned, however, that the Nationality Code does not provide women with the same rights […]


Zimbabwe: Corruption impedes right to an identity

November 2, 2010 2:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Corruption impedes right to an identity

HARARE, 2 November 2010 (IRIN) – Getting a passport can be vital for making a living but mounting hidden costs are making it tougher to access one, despite the government recently slashing passport fees. Fees have been reduced from US$140 […]


Zimbabwe: Corruption impedes right to an identity

November 2, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Corruption impedes right to an identity

Getting a passport can be vital for making a living but mounting hidden costs are making it tougher to access one, despite the government recently slashing passport fees. Fees have been reduced from US$140 to $50, but the document can […]


Press release: The end of the implementation of the Greentree Agreement on Bakassi

October 23, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Press release: The end of the implementation of the Greentree Agreement on Bakassi

Communique de Presse: Fin de la mise en oeuvre de l’accord de Greentree relatif à Bakassi entre le Cameroun et le Nigeria Press release: The end of the implementation of the Greentree Agreement on Bakassi between Cameroun and Nigeria Download: […]


Cross border relations beyond the referendum: Coexistence and sustainable peace

October 21, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cross border relations beyond the referendum: Coexistence and sustainable peace

Resolutions of a workshop facilitated by Concordis International in partnership with the University of Juba Centre for Peace and Development Studies with support from the European Commission and the United States Agency for International Development Bentiu, Unity State, Southern Sudan […]


CRC Concluding observations: Burundi, 2010

October 19, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding observations: Burundi, 2010

CRC/C/BDI/CO/2 Birth registration 37. The Committee notes the Presidential Decree of 2006 that guarantees free birth registration for all children up to the age of 5 years and the project to promote universal birth registration and conduct a campaign to […]


UNHCR resumes repatriation of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal

October 19, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on UNHCR resumes repatriation of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal

By: Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba, ed. Leo Dobbs ROSSO, Mauritania, October 19 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has resumed its repatriation operation for Mauritanian refugees from Senegal following a 10-month break. A first group of 121 people were taken to the […]


Constitutional citizenship in South Africa

October 5, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Constitutional citizenship in South Africa

Klaaren, Jonathan (2010). “Constitutional citizenship in South Africa”, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 94-110. Abstract The South African concept of constitutional citizenship draws on national and African traditions in addition to its firm grounding in international law. […]


Nigeria: Bakassi FG accuses Cameroon of breaching agreement

September 26, 2010 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Bakassi FG accuses Cameroon of breaching agreement

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo Abuja — The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has lamented the incessant harassment of Nigerians by Cameroonian gendarmes in Bakassi Peninsula, saying the action amounted to a wilfull breach of the Green Tree Agreement brokered by the […]