By Tina Abeku, Abuja The Federal Government yesterday launched a National Action Plan, (NAP), to eradicate statelessness in Nigeria in line with the international treaties and conventions on the status of stateless persons towards upholding basic human rights, ending vulnerability […]
The Federal Government has restated its determination to eradicate statelessness by 2024. This position was stated by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Friday, during the launching and inauguration of high power steering committee on National Action Plan on […]
Introduction Statelessness is a global phenomenon whereby a person is not recognised as a national of any State under the operation of its laws. The 1954 UN Convention relating to the status of Stateless persons and the 1961 UN Convention […]
La ministre de la justice et garde de sceaux, Rose Mutombo, a procédé hier mercredi 31 août à l’ouverture de l’atelier technique sur l’adoption d’un plan pour l’amélioration du cadre juridique sur l’apatridie en République démocratique du Congo. Selon la […]
Dans le but d’améliorer la loi concernant les apatrides et de réformer la loi sur la citoyenneté, une rencontre entre des techniciens de l’Assemblée nationale et des représentants du Haut Commissariat aux Réfugiés (HCR) a eu lieu hier à Tsimbazaza. […]
BANGUI, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that the purchase of citizenship, “e-residency” and land using a cryptocurrency the government launched last month was unconstitutional. The “Sango Coin” went on sale on July 21 […]
Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that his department will propose new legislation to make it possible for people as young as 10 to get an ID card in South Africa. This is one of the measures he wants to […]
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The South African Human Rights Commission intends to investigate the practice by the Department of Home Affairs of placing markers on holders’ identity documents (“IDs”) at a systemic level – the practice known as “blocking” or “blocked IDs”. Lawyers for […]
By Emerson Mnangagwa Decentralize governance, decentralize services Chapter 14 of our Constitution provides for the decentralization of governmental power in the interest of citizen participation and social justice. The Chapter puts an end to the Bambazonke philosophy according to which […]
GOAL 1: Compliance with relevant legal, policy and institutional frameworks for eradicating statelessness Outcome 1: States are parties to the UN conventions on Statelessness by 2023 Outcome 2 : Constitutional and legislative frameworks are aligned, and consistent with international standards […]
Updated version of paper first published in 2015. Includes a focus on Kenya. Download from Refworld: https://www.refworld.org/docid/54e75a244.html