Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

African ministers push for protocol on deportation, mass expulsion

June 10, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on African ministers push for protocol on deportation, mass expulsion

Sirte, Libya (PANA) – Mass expulsion and deportations in Africa have often not respected human rights provisions, African ministers on immigration have observed in a report on the free movement of people on the continent. They noted that while the […]


Décision n° 008/CEI/BUR/05/ du 09 juin 2005 relative aux mesures d’application de la Loi n° 04/028 du 24 décembre 2004 portant identification et enrôlement des électeurs en République Démocratique du Congo

June 9, 2005 10:07 am Published by Comments Off on Décision n° 008/CEI/BUR/05/ du 09 juin 2005 relative aux mesures d’application de la Loi n° 04/028 du 24 décembre 2004 portant identification et enrôlement des électeurs en République Démocratique du Congo

Telécharger: DRC Decision identification electeurs 2006


Registration of Zanzibaris Resident Act No.7 of 2005

May 12, 2005 9:17 am Published by Comments Off on Registration of Zanzibaris Resident Act No.7 of 2005

An Act to make provision for the registration of Zanzibaris resident in Zanzibar and for the issuance of identity cards and for other matters connected therewith. Download file: Registration of Zanzibaris Resident Act 7 2005


Human Rights Committee: Third periodic report of the DRC

May 3, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Human Rights Committee: Third periodic report of the DRC

CCPR/C/COD/2005/3 Rights of the child 277. Regarding the registration of children in the civil register, article 116 of the Family Code provides that: “Any birth in the territory of the Republic must be reported to the civil registrar in the […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2005

April 13, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2005

CRC/C/15/Add.257 Thirty-eighth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Nigeria Birth registration 36. While acknowledging the work of the National Population Commission and the African Refugee Commission whose mandate includes birth […]


Citizenship and Forced Migration in the Great Lakes Region

April 8, 2005 12:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Citizenship and Forced Migration in the Great Lakes Region

Report of a Consultation on the Feasibility of a Collaborative Network-Building Project Linking Research with Program and Policy Development co-hosted by The Social Science Research Council and The International Refugee Rights Initiative The following report provides a narrative account of […]


Citizens and Foreigners: Democratization and the Politics of Exclusion in Africa

April 1, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Citizens and Foreigners: Democratization and the Politics of Exclusion in Africa

African Studies Review / Volume 48 / Issue 01 / April 2005, pp 109-126 By Beth Elise Whitaker Abstract: In the ongoing context of political liberalization, many African leaders have adopted the rhetoric of democracy while at the same time […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Togo, 2005

March 31, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Togo, 2005

CRC/C/15/Add.255 Thirty-eighth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Togo Birth registration and right to nationality 34. The Committee is concerned that mothers cannot pass their nationality to their children, and […]


Burundi Loi No.1/010 du 18 mars 2005 portant promulgation de la Constitution

March 18, 2005 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Burundi Loi No.1/010 du 18 mars 2005 portant promulgation de la Constitution

Article 12: La qualité de Burundais s’acquiert, se conserve et se perd selon les conditions déterminées par la loi. Les enfants nés des hommes ou des femmes burundais ont les mêmes droits au regard de la loi sur la nationalité. […]


Coming Home: Return and Reintegration in Angola

March 16, 2005 7:59 pm Published by Comments Off on Coming Home: Return and Reintegration in Angola

When the Angolan army and UNITA rebel forces signed the Luena Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) on April 4, 2002, they brought an end to one of the most protracted and brutal wars of the twentieth century, a Cold War proxy […]


Ordonnance n° 70-86 du 15 décembre 1970 portant code de la nationalité algérienne, modifiée et complétée 2005

February 27, 2005 2:52 pm Published by Comments Off on Ordonnance n° 70-86 du 15 décembre 1970 portant code de la nationalité algérienne, modifiée et complétée 2005

Ordonnance n° 70-86 du 15 décembre 1970 portant code de la nationalité algérienne modifié par l’ordonnance n° 05-01 du 27 février 2005 De la nationalité d’origine Art. 6. (Modifié) -Est considéré comme Algérien l’enfant né de père algérien ou de […]