Do Sections 11(1) and 23 the Tanzania Citizenship Act violate Tanzania’s Obligations Regarding the Equality of Men and Women Under International Human Rights Law and its Own Constitution? SUMMARY: Tanzania is under international obligations to ensure that women are not […]
NON AU DECOUPAGE DE LA PROVINCE DU NORD-KIVU : REFLEXION D’UN ORIGINAIRE NON RWANDOPHONE INTRODUCTION Un mémorandum daté du 2 décembre 2008 intitulé : «LE DECOUPAGE TERRITORIAL DE LA PROVINCE DU NORD –KIVU : UNE PISTE DE SOLUTION AUX PROBLEMES […]
Extract: Coercion of Eritreans in Exile The tragic reality for Eritreans who flee the country is that once they have escaped, they—and particularly their families—are still not entirely safe from repressive actions by the Eritrean government. In a small country […]
Statement Submitted by the Open Society Justice Initiative for Consideration by the United Nations Human Rights Council at its Sixth Session, on the occasion of its Universal Periodic Review of Ethiopia November 30 – December 11, 2009 — INTRODUCTION 1. […]
By Ekuru Aukot As a pastoralist from Turkana, who am I and where are my nationality and citizenship? I hail from the Ateker nation, an Itung’a-speaking group, bound by ethno-linguistic ties and practising nomadic pastoralism as our main livelihood activity. […]
Katinka Ridderbos Several hundred thousand people of foreign ancestry who used to work on white-owned commercial farms in Zimbabwe are stateless, jobless and either displaced or at risk of displacement. Xenophobic government policies designed to drive out farm owners and […]
Statement Submitted by the Open Society Justice Initiative for Consideration by the United Nations Human Rights Council at its Sixth Session, on the occasion of its Universal Periodic Review of Eritrea November 30 – December 11, 2009 “Statelessness in Eritrea […]
Adam Hussein Adam, “Kenyan Nubians: standing up to statelessness”, Forced Migration Review, Vol.32, April 2009 There is no official recognition of the Nubian community in Kenya and they face considerable discrimination as a result. Kenyan Nubians have been defined as […]
Katherine Southwick, “Ethiopia-Eritrea: Statelessness and state succession”, Forced Migration Review, Vol. 32 (special edition on statelessness), April 2009, pp.15-17. There is a need to strengthen international law on nationality rights and avoidance of statelessness in the context of state succession […]
CRC/C/MWI/CO/2 Fiftieth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Malawi Birth registration 36. The Committee welcomes the information that a National Registration Bill shall make mandatory the registration of all births, […]
Par Jean-Pierre Tuquoi Pour renflouer les caisses de l’Etat, les autorités comoriennes ont trouvé une solution : vendre au prix fort des passeports aux étrangers en quête d’une nationalité. La recette est prometteuse, car elle rejoint une préoccupation des pétromonarchies […]
In 1989, approximately 60,000 black Mauritanians were forced out of their country after ethnic violence erupted over a border dispute between Mauritania and Senegal (UN 29 Jan. 2008; ibid. 26 Nov. 2008b). In June 2007, Mauritania’s newly elected president, Sidi […]