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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 […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Tanzania, 2006

June 21, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Tanzania, 2006

CRC/C/TZA/CO/2 Forty-second session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: United Republic of Tanzania Birth registration 31. While welcoming the measures taken by the State party in this respect, including the introduction […]


Refugees and Asylum seekers from mixed Eritrean-Ethiopian families in Cairo

June 1, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Refugees and Asylum seekers from mixed Eritrean-Ethiopian families in Cairo

Louise Thomas, Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Mixed Eritrean-Ethiopian Families in Cairo, Centre for Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo, 2006. People from mixed EritreanEthiopian families have been caught on the ‘front line’ of hostile relations between Eritrea […]


Uganda: Critique of the Refugees Act (2006)

June 1, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Critique of the Refugees Act (2006)

“The Refugees Act has been commenced and is in force with the exception of certain parts that require additional institutional and structural establishments under the Act beyond the existing structures. Overall, the Refugees Act reflects international legal standards of refugee […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Hundreds given Ivorian ID in scheme’s trial run

May 30, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Hundreds given Ivorian ID in scheme’s trial run

ABIDJAN, 30 May 2006 (IRIN) – Mariam Diomande stood patiently clutching her application papers for a nationality document as she lined up with dozens of other young women in the sun-baked courtyard of the local town hall. Diomande, a 19-year-old […]


Uganda Refugees Act 2006

May 24, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda Refugees Act 2006

An Act to make new provision for matters relating to refugees, in line with the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees and other internatioanl obligations of Uganda relating to the status of refugees; to estalbish an Office of […]


Africa’s indigenous peoples face neglect, discrimination, intimidation

May 18, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Africa’s indigenous peoples face neglect, discrimination, intimidation

UN Economic and Social Council, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Fifth Session For the first time in its five-year history, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today turned its attention to the plight of Africa’s indigenous peoples, with […]