CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 The Committee considered the combined second, third and fourth periodic report of Burundi (CEDAW/C/BDI/4) at its 813th and 814th meetings, on 16 January 2008 (see CEDAW/C/SR.813 and CEDAW/C/SR.814). The Committee’s list of issues and questions is contained in CEDAW/C/BDI/Q/4 […]
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By: Konia T. Kollehlon As Liberians begin to rebuild various aspects of their material culture (i.e, roads, bridges, buildings, etc) from 14 years of devastating civil war, I hope that they will also take the time to revisit, repair, and, […]
Banguabo Mosozi, 68, was a young man when he fled neighbouring Burundi to Tanzania, escaping violence that is estimated to have killed at least 200,000 people. That was in 1972. Now, a father of 14 with four wives, Mosozi is […]
La législation mauritanienne interdit la double nationalité, a déclaré le directeur des affaires civiles et du sceau au ministère de la justice, le magistrat Mohamed Abderrahmane Ould Mohamed Lemine. La nationalité mauritanienne se perd et est retirée de toute personne […]
Par Marion Fresia Résumé Le 28 Janvier 2008, 103 Mauritaniens ont été rapatriés dans leurs villages d’origine par le Haut Commissariat aux Réfugiés et accueillis en grandes pompes par les autorités mauritaniennes. Après 19 ans d’exil et de silence autour […]
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GENEVA (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency is seeking $34 million to realize comprehensive solutions for some 218,000 Burundian refugees who fled to Tanzania in 1972. The two-year programme aims to end one of the world’s most protracted refugee situations. […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will help the interior ministry of Sudan for the development and implementation of Sudan’s civil registration and identity system. A formal agreement was signed between officials of Nadra and Kushite Integrated […]
CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 29. The Committee notes with concern that article 4 of the Nationality Code does not comply with article 9 of the Convention because it does not allow a Burundian woman married to a foreigner to choose to transmit her […]
Human Rights Watch and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) welcomed a January 29 court ruling that struck down the government’s policy of denying essential identity documents and access to basic services to citizens whose religion is not recognized […]
THE SUPREME COURT OF ZAMBIA, Appeal No. 96A/2004 This is an appeal, by the Attorney General, against the decision of the High Court which nullified the deportation of the Respondent by the Minister of Home Affairs, hereinafter referred to as […]