Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Eritrea State Report to the CRC

December 23, 2002 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Eritrea State Report to the CRC

Committee on the Rights of the Child Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Initial reports of States parties due in 1996 Addendum Eritrea Download file: here (27 kb)


Zimbabwe: Update on citizenship, renunciation and passport issues (Nov 2002)

November 28, 2002 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Update on citizenship, renunciation and passport issues (Nov 2002)

We welcome, with great relief, General Notice 584 of 2002, as gazetted by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on 22 November 2002. This seeks to clarify and declare the law relating to renunciation and proof of foreign […]


General Notice 584 of 2002: Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01]: Renunciation and Proof of Foreign Citizenship: Governing Rules

November 22, 2002 4:04 pm Published by Comments Off on General Notice 584 of 2002: Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01]: Renunciation and Proof of Foreign Citizenship: Governing Rules

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that Cabinet has approved the following clarification and declaration of the existing statutory rules governing the renunciation and proof of foreign citizenship. Section 9 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01] precludes […]


State Report of Zambia to the CRC, 2002

November 19, 2002 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on State Report of Zambia to the CRC, 2002

CRC/C/11/Add.25 Committee on the Rights of the Child Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Initial reports of States parties due in 1994 Zambia Paragraphs 158-175 relate to the right to a name and […]


Zimbabwe: Registrar General of Citizenship and Another v. Todd (SC 101/02)

November 13, 2002 2:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Registrar General of Citizenship and Another v. Todd (SC 101/02)

((58/02)) [2002] ZWSC 101 Civil Appeal No. 158/02 Judgment No. SC 101/02 CHIDYAUSIKU CJ: The first appellant refused to renew the respondent’s Zimbabwean passport because, according to him, the respondent had failed to renounce her entitlement to New Zealand citizenship, […]


Nigeria rejects ICJ ruling on Bakassi

October 23, 2002 10:12 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria rejects ICJ ruling on Bakassi

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) — Nigeria Wednesday rejected the 10 October judgement by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) granting sovereignty of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon and urged UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to mediate in the dispute. In […]


Case Concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria

October 10, 2002 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Case Concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria

Case Concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening) Link to the ICJ webpage on the Bakassi Peninsula case, including principal judgment of 10 October 2002.


Maroc: Décret pris pour l’application de la loi n° 3 -99 relative à l’état civil, 2002

October 9, 2002 7:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Maroc: Décret pris pour l’application de la loi n° 3 -99 relative à l’état civil, 2002

Article 17 La déclaration de naissance est appuyée d’un certificat délivré par un médecin accoucheur, une sage-femme exerçant légalement ou par l’autorité locale et d’une copie de l’acte de mariage, lorsqu’il s’agit de marocains musulmans qui attestent de la légalité […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Seychelles, 2002

October 9, 2002 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Seychelles, 2002

CRC/C/15/Add.189 Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Seychelles Right to preservation of identity 30. The Committee is concerned that the right of children born out of wedlock to know their biological […]


Zimbabwe: Petho v Minister of Home Affairs and Another

October 8, 2002 2:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Petho v Minister of Home Affairs and Another

Zimbabwe: Petho v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (07/06) ((07/06)) [2002] ZWSC 80 SANDURA JA: This is an appeal against a judgment of the High Court which dismissed the appellant’s application, brought in terms of s 3(1) of the […]