Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Lesotho: Moeketsi Kutlo Seotsanyana v. Attorney General and Minister for Passport Control

July 13, 2000 10:06 am Published by Comments Off on Lesotho: Moeketsi Kutlo Seotsanyana v. Attorney General and Minister for Passport Control

CIV/APN/147/2000 The applicant in the case challenged the requirement for a completed application form for renewal of a passport to provide a statement from a chief attesting the applicant’s citizenship . The Court dismissed the application, finding that that “no […]


Ethiopia: Proclamation No. 213/2000 The Revised Family Code

July 4, 2000 9:37 am Published by Comments Off on Ethiopia: Proclamation No. 213/2000 The Revised Family Code

Provides for recognition of civil, religious and customary marriage, & for recognition of parental affiliation. Article 319 provides that: 1) The following provisions shall not be applicable in the Administrations where this Code applies: (a) provisions of the Civil Code […]


Tanzania Government to Vet Non-Citizens

June 2, 2000 4:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Tanzania Government to Vet Non-Citizens

Dar-es-Salaam (The East African, June 2, 2000) – The Tanzania government, wary of infiltration by foreigners of top strategic positions in the army, government and politics, has embarked on a discreet campaign to identify non-Tanzanians and weed them out. Government […]


ACHPR Consolidated Comms 54/91 and others, Malawi Africa Association and others / Mauritania

May 11, 2000 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on ACHPR Consolidated Comms 54/91 and others, Malawi Africa Association and others / Mauritania

ACHPR Comms 54/91, 61/91, 96/93, 98/93, 164/97, 196/97 and 210/98 : Malawi Africa Association, Amnesty International, Ms Sarr Diop, Union interafricaine des droits de l’Homme and RADDHO, Collectif des veuves et ayants-droits, Association mauritanienne des droits de l’Homme / Mauritania […]


Constitution of the Republic of Somaliland 2000

April 1, 2000 2:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Constitution of the Republic of Somaliland 2000

[Note: Somaliland is not recognised by the UN as an independent state] Article 4: Citizenship 1. Any person who is a patrial of Somaliland being a descendant of a person residing in Somaliland on 26th June 1960 or earlier shall […]


Mauritanie: Décret n° 2000-28 abrogeant et remplaçant le décret n° 84-220 du 25 octobre 1984 instituant la Carte Nationale d’Identité et fixant les conditions de sa délivrance

March 19, 2000 1:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Mauritanie: Décret n° 2000-28 abrogeant et remplaçant le décret n° 84-220 du 25 octobre 1984 instituant la Carte Nationale d’Identité et fixant les conditions de sa délivrance

ARTICLE PREMIER – Il est institué une Carte Nationale d’Identité sécurisée conforme au spécimen annexé au  présent décret. La Carte Nationale d’Identité est un document obligatoire délivré à tout mauritanien âgé de 15 ans au moins qui en fait la […]


RDC: Une Courte Note Sur les Banyamulenge

March 7, 2000 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on RDC: Une Courte Note Sur les Banyamulenge

Cette “note” a été publié dans les pages virtuelles de l’Obsac en mars 2000 par Wise Ken. Ce sont de larges extraits de ce dernier qui sont repris sans référence à la source par Charles Onana dans son livre sur […]


The Batwa Pygmies of the Great Lakes Region

January 1, 2000 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on The Batwa Pygmies of the Great Lakes Region

By Jerome Lewis The Report provides a brief historical account of the Batwa Pygmy people of the sub-region. It describes their demographic distribution, their way of life and culture, their identification as an indigenous people, and how they have sought […]


Reconstituting Ugandan Citizenship Under the 1995 Constitution: A Conflict of Nationalism, Chauvinism and Ethnicity

January 1, 2000 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Reconstituting Ugandan Citizenship Under the 1995 Constitution: A Conflict of Nationalism, Chauvinism and Ethnicity

By John-Jean Barya, CBR Working Paper No.55; 55p. 2000. This essay is divided into four sections. Section I introduces the concept of citizenship generally, and the context in which citizenship should be analysed in the light of the constitution-making process […]