Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

La modernisation de l’état civil en Côte d’Ivoire : vers une gestion informatisée et numérisée des registres

October 24, 2023 11:55 am Published by Comments Off on La modernisation de l’état civil en Côte d’Ivoire : vers une gestion informatisée et numérisée des registres

En juin 2017, la Côte d’Ivoire a adopté la stratégie nationale de l’état civil et de l’identification (SNECI) pour moderniser son système d’état civil. L’un des principaux objectifs de cette stratégie est la numérisation des registres d’état civil et la mise […]


Tchad : le ministère de la Santé organise un atelier sur l’enregistrement des naissances et la vaccination

October 24, 2023 10:57 am Published by Comments Off on Tchad : le ministère de la Santé organise un atelier sur l’enregistrement des naissances et la vaccination

Le ministère de la Santé publique et de la Prévention, à travers sa direction de la vaccination a organisé hier, un atelier sur l’enregistrement des naissances et la vaccination, avec la présence de responsables de l’UNICEF au Tchad à Koundoul, […]


UNHCR commends the Republic of the Congo’s commitment to end statelessness

October 20, 2023 4:50 pm Published by Comments Off on UNHCR commends the Republic of the Congo’s commitment to end statelessness

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the Government and people of the Republic of the Congo for its recent accession to the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. In […]


Le HCR salue l’engagement de la République du Congo contre l’apatridie

October 20, 2023 2:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Le HCR salue l’engagement de la République du Congo contre l’apatridie

En 2019, la République du Congo s’était formellement engagée à signer la Convention de 1954 sur le statut des apatrides et la Convention de 1961 sur la réduction des cas d’apatridie, lors de la réunion du Comité exécutif du HCR. Le […]


Tchad : actes de naissance, des personnes sans identité

October 15, 2023 2:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Tchad : actes de naissance, des personnes sans identité

Amina, mère de trois enfants, témoigne de cette réalité en expliquant : “Ce n’est pas de ma faute, après le baptême, c’est à mon mari de prendre les mesures nécessaires pour obtenir l’acte de naissance. Mais comme il est très […]


Kenya: Garissa activists reject Maisha Namba, want rollout halted

October 15, 2023 8:49 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Garissa activists reject Maisha Namba, want rollout halted

By Stephen Astariko Garissa activists and residents have urged the government to cancel the launch of Maisha Namba, saying it will isolate the region. Led by Anab Abdullahi, the residents said Garissa is not ready for Maisha Namba owing to […]


South Sudan, Ugandan authorities blame border insecurity on multiple citizenship

October 12, 2023 7:13 am Published by Comments Off on South Sudan, Ugandan authorities blame border insecurity on multiple citizenship

The Executive Director of Morobu County in South Sudan, Mr Bosco Wani, said that the situation needs the collaboration of the two states to curb the vice. Read further: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/south-sudan-ugandan-authorities-blame-border-insecurity-on-multiple-citizenship-4398386


Smart ID nightmare almost over for Naturalised Citizens and South Africans born abroad

October 11, 2023 8:26 am Published by Comments Off on Smart ID nightmare almost over for Naturalised Citizens and South Africans born abroad

Issued by Adrian Roos MP – DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Home Affairs The DA welcomes the confirmation that Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, has finally acceded to the DA’s repeated calls for South Africans born abroad and Naturalised […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Togo, 2023

October 11, 2023 7:51 am Published by Comments Off on CRC Concluding Observations: Togo, 2023

CRC/C/TGO/CO/5-6 Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Togo [Extract] Birth registration and nationality 23.The Committee welcomes the ratifications by the State party, in 2021, of the Convention relating […]


Kagera Uganda-Tanzania border evictees petition court over citizenship, compensation

October 10, 2023 1:53 pm Published by Comments Off on Kagera Uganda-Tanzania border evictees petition court over citizenship, compensation

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons who were expelled from Tanzania’s Kagera region as undocumented migrants have petitioned the East African Court of Justice for a declaration that the actions of the governments of Uganda and Tanzania contravene the […]


Kenya: Citizenship is a Right, Not a Political Tool

October 9, 2023 2:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Citizenship is a Right, Not a Political Tool

If it appears that citizenship by birth can be granted to groups on the basis of discretion and not as a legal right, that can undermine the perceived authority of the constitution and the rule of law more generally. By […]