Dans sa phase pilote, le projet cible les provinces de Kinshasa, du Kongo central, du Kasaï central et du Haut-Katanga. L’ambassadeur du Japon en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Minami Hiro, a indiqué dans son allocution que dans ce pays, le processus […]
Les procureurs des Comores ont requis jeudi une peine de prison à vie contre l’ancien président Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, jugé par contumace pour haute trahison. “Il a trahi la mission qui lui a été confiée par les Comoriens”, a martelé […]
Dans le rapport, le conseil norvégien pour les réfugiés indique que cette situation prive ces enfants de leurs droits fondamentaux, notamment l’inscription à l’école et la jouissance de plusieurs autres droits civils. Elle « les expose au risque d’être marginalisés », poursuit […]
Le droit à une existence légale est le premier droit de tout être humain. Cette existence légale déclenche le droit à la santé, à l’éducation, à la protection contre les abus et l’exploitation. Le droit à une identité légale est […]
This quarterly newsletter includes highlights on the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness, and news from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kingdom of Eswatini, Kingdom of Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of Congo, South Africa and Zambia. DRC: […]
LUSAKA, (CAJ News) – ZAMBIAN authorities have been urged to consider all legal options possible to regularise the status of refugees, including children born there. Gillian Triggs, United Nations Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, recommended that the government […]
Extract: RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY and ERADICATION OF STATELESSNESS ACKNOWLEDGING that statelessness can be a cause and a consequence of forced displacement, the latter particularly in protracted refugee situations; RECOGNIZING THAT the right to a nationality is a fundamental right […]
By Masoka Dube Tebogo Khoza from Thabazimbi in Limpopo lives a life of squalor as the Department of Home Affairs refuses to issue him with documentation even though he has proof that he was born in South Africa. Khoza, 25, […]
By Babalo Ndenze CAPE TOWN – Members of Parliament (MPs) said they’re worried about the high cost of DNA tests that prevent migrants from registering the birth of their children. Lawyers for Human Rights told the Home Affairs portfolio committee this […]
OMUTHIYA – Africans in the diaspora who want Namibian citizenship will be welcomed with open arms as the country is working on developing a policy that will grant them residence rights. This was revealed by Minister of International Relations and […]
The Lawyers for Human Rights briefed Parliament’s home affairs committee on statelessness and other challenges faced by migrants Babalo Ndenze CAPE TOWN – Lawyers for Human Rights said on Tuesday the Department of Home Affairs was “structurally xenophobic” because its […]
This Petition relates to citizenship rights of children born in Kenya of a parent who is a Kenyan citizen and parent granted or seeking refugee status in Kenya. It questions the legality of the actions of the Respondents that impede […]