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Becoming digital citizens: The unending struggle for human rights among former stateless communities in Kenya

February 20, 2024 9:40 am Published by Comments Off on Becoming digital citizens: The unending struggle for human rights among former stateless communities in Kenya

By Fred Nasubo On December 5, 2023, the Kenyan High Court  suspended the registration and issuance of new digital ID cards, known as Maisha number. In the ruling, Justice John Chigiti ordered the government to ensure public participation and data […]


At Last A Treaty to Protect Citizenship Rights and End Statelessness in Africa

February 18, 2024 6:17 pm Published by Comments Off on At Last A Treaty to Protect Citizenship Rights and End Statelessness in Africa

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu This past week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) adopted a new treaty Relating to the Specific Aspects to the Right to a Nationality and […]


Assembly of the African Union: Decision on the draft legal instruments

February 18, 2024 5:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Assembly of the African Union: Decision on the draft legal instruments

ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION Thirty-Seventh Ordinary Session 17 – 18 February 2024 Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA Assembly/AU/Dec. 866-902(XXXVII) Assembly/AU/Decl.1- 4 (XXXVII) Assembly/AU/Res.1- 2 (XXXVII) Assembly/AU/Dec.885 (XXXVII) 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 17-18 February 2024, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia […]


Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Relating to the Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa, 2024

February 18, 2024 3:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Relating to the Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa, 2024

Adopted 18 February 2024 by the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.885(XXXVII) (text of the protocol published online 4 October 2024). English: ACHPR-Protocol-Nationality+Eradication-Statelessness-2024-EN French: CADHP-Protocole-nationalite+eradication-apatridie-2024-FR Download from AU website in all the languages: https://au.int/en/treaties/protocol-african-charter-human-and-peoples-rights-relating-specific-aspects-right […]


Ugandans in diaspora to register for National Identity Cards (IDs)

February 15, 2024 8:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Ugandans in diaspora to register for National Identity Cards (IDs)

Ugandans living in the diaspora will be able to register online for new or renewal of National Identity Cards (IDs), when the mass enrollment for the exercise commences in June this year, the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. […]


Liberia: Rep. Bility Introduces Bill Calling for Amendment of Liberia Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022

February 15, 2024 8:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Rep. Bility Introduces Bill Calling for Amendment of Liberia Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022

CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia – Representative Musa Hansan (Bility) District #7, Nimba County) has introduced a bill seeking the amendment of the Liberia Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022. In a statement accompanying the draft law, Rep. Bility described the proposal […]


Executive Council of the African Union: Decision on the Reports of the Specialised Technical Committees and other Ministerial Meetings

February 15, 2024 7:57 am Published by Comments Off on Executive Council of the African Union: Decision on the Reports of the Specialised Technical Committees and other Ministerial Meetings

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Forty Fourth Ordinary Session 14 – 15 February 2024 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia EX.CL/Dec.1233-1264(XLIV) DECISIONS […] VI THE 8TH AND 9TH EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS, and 9TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS AND CONSIDERATION […]


Uganda: Registration for upgraded national IDs to start June 2024

February 13, 2024 9:34 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Registration for upgraded national IDs to start June 2024

By Elizabeth Kamurungi Mass enrolment to register or renew expiring Identity Cards (IDs) of close to 30 million Ugandans is expected to start June 1, a year later than the original date, internal affairs state minister Gen David Muhoozi, told […]


South Africa: LHR makes submission on poorly written White Paper from Home Affairs, calls for its withdrawal

February 1, 2024 8:52 pm Published by Comments Off on South Africa: LHR makes submission on poorly written White Paper from Home Affairs, calls for its withdrawal

Yesterday, 31 January 2024, was the deadline for public comments and submissions on the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa. In spite […]


Digital ID in Kenya: An Advisory Policy Paper providing a roadmap to the implementation of a Rights Respecting Digital ID Regime in Kenya

January 31, 2024 7:45 am Published by Comments Off on Digital ID in Kenya: An Advisory Policy Paper providing a roadmap to the implementation of a Rights Respecting Digital ID Regime in Kenya

Introduction The Government of Kenya has prioritised improvement of service delivery to its citizens through leveraging Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the reform strategy/agenda. Many of the services are also revenue streams for the government that it intends to […]


Zimbabwe: Citizenship (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (No. 23)

January 30, 2024 4:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Citizenship (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (No. 23)

SI 2024-008 IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has, in terms of section 22 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01], made the following regulations:— 1. These regulations may be cited as […]