Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Press Release: Libya: Migrants Abused, But Europe Turns Blind Eye

September 12, 2006 8:04 am Published by Comments Off on Press Release: Libya: Migrants Abused, But Europe Turns Blind Eye

EU Countries Must Press Libya to Protect Migrants, Asylum Seekers, Refugees The Libyan government subjects migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to serious human rights abuses, including beatings, arbitrary arrests and forced return, Human Rights Watch said in a report released […]


Sons of Which Soil? The Language and Politics of Autochthony in Eastern D.R. Congo

September 1, 2006 2:23 pm Published by Comments Off on Sons of Which Soil? The Language and Politics of Autochthony in Eastern D.R. Congo

By Stephen Jackson, African Studies Review, Volume 49, Number 2 (September 2006), pp. 95–123 Abstract: The recent wars in the DR Congo have led to a marked upsurge in both elite and popular discourse and violence around belonging and exclusion, […]


CEDAW Concluding Observations: DRC, 2006

August 25, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CEDAW Concluding Observations: DRC, 2006

CEDAW/C/COD/CO/5 Extract: “31. While welcoming article 5 of the new legislation on nationality, which enables women to transmit Congolese nationality through filiation in the same way as men, the Committee regrets that article 30 provides that women cannot retain their […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Row erupts over ID cards in new blow to peace

August 11, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Row erupts over ID cards in new blow to peace

ABIDJAN, 11 August 2006 (IRIN) – A dispute this week over plans to hand out ID cards to millions of undocumented residents of war-divided Cote d’Ivoire threatens to further disrupt the country’s faltering peace process. With more than one out […]


Egypt: Removing Religion from National IDs a Positive but Symbolic Step, Respect for Freedom of Religion the Only Way to Confront Problems

August 7, 2006 4:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Egypt: Removing Religion from National IDs a Positive but Symbolic Step, Respect for Freedom of Religion the Only Way to Confront Problems

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) today expressed support for the proposal to remove religion from national identity (ID) cards. The proposal will be discussed tomorrow at a workshop organized by the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR). Although […]


Cote d’Ivoire: More violence surrounding identification program

July 26, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: More violence surrounding identification program

ABIDJAN, 26 July 2006 (IRIN) – A programme of identification of Ivorian nationals, a key element to restoring peace in Cote d’Ivoire, has again sparked violence that left one dead in a tourist resort on the outskirts of the main […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Pro-Gbagbo youths threaten key pre-election ID handout

July 17, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Pro-Gbagbo youths threaten key pre-election ID handout

ABIDJAN, 17 July 2006 (IRIN) – Youths loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo threw up barricades and burned tires in a crowded, poor suburb of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest city on Monday as a crucial effort to identify some 3.5 million undocumented […]


Cote d’Ivoire Delay in key bid to hand out ID papers

July 14, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire Delay in key bid to hand out ID papers

ABIDJAN, 14 July 2006 (IRIN) – President Laurent Gbagbo’s party is threatening a politically sensitive registration scheme to determine who has the right to Ivorian citizenship – an issue that helped spark the almost four-year-old civil war that has divided […]


Arrêté ministériel n° 261/CAB/MIN/J/2006 du 04 juillet 2006 portant certaines mesures d’exécution de la Loi n° 04/024 du 12 novembre 2004 relative à la nationalité congolaise

July 4, 2006 3:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Arrêté ministériel n° 261/CAB/MIN/J/2006 du 04 juillet 2006 portant certaines mesures d’exécution de la Loi n° 04/024 du 12 novembre 2004 relative à la nationalité congolaise

Les documents à produire à l’appui d’une demande d’acquisition de la nationalité congolaise. Télécharger: Arrêté ministériel no.261 du 04 juillet 2006


‘We want to be citizens not charities’ say refugees

June 27, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on ‘We want to be citizens not charities’ say refugees

Whenever we see a picture of a refugee it is always someone lying on the ground with flies on their face!” exclaims Dosso Ndessomin. Ndessomin (42) is tired of the portrayal of refugees as passive victims, with endless needs and […]


Rwanda: Understanding Rwandan Nationality

June 26, 2006 2:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Rwanda: Understanding Rwandan Nationality

By Godfrey Kamukunde Kigali — Nationality law establishes the relationship between an individual and one or several states. In the Rwandan context, a Rwandan is anyone who holds the Rwandan nationality under the provisions of the organic law on Rwandan […]