Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

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 […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Bid to handout ID cards ahead of key vote kicks off

May 18, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Bid to handout ID cards ahead of key vote kicks off

A pilot scheme to provide thousands of Ivorians with identity papers and voting cards kicked off across war-divided Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday, though few turned up to hearings in the government controlled south which were disrupted by supporters of the […]


Report on the Introduction of Dual Citizenship to Tanzania

May 12, 2006 3:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Report on the Introduction of Dual Citizenship to Tanzania

In June 2004 the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania, in accordance with its mandate as provided under sections 4 (2) and 9 (1) of the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania Act, [CAP 171 RE. 2002], and acting on its own […]


Marriage To A Foreigner: What it means in terms of Namibian laws

April 13, 2006 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Marriage To A Foreigner: What it means in terms of Namibian laws

by * TONI HANCOX THEY met, fell in love and got married. He is Namibian, she isn’t. It should be one of the happiest times in a couple’s life – the period of wedded bliss just after marriage. From the […]


Resolution on “Legal Identity and Statelessness”

April 8, 2006 3:44 pm Published by Comments Off on Resolution on “Legal Identity and Statelessness”

RES/45/SP.1 The Asian African Legal Consultative Organization at its Forty-Fifth Session, Noting the appreciation of the views expressed by the Secretary General of AALCO, the UNHCR Chief of Mission, New Delhi, the Chairperson, Panelists, as well as the deliberations reflecting […]