Eswatini: National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Bill 2022
August 26, 2022 4:33 pm Comments Off on Eswatini: National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Bill 2022Download: Eswatini Civil Registration Bill 2022
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Submission to the South African Human Rights Commission on DHA “blocking” identity documents
August 22, 2022 9:17 am Comments Off on Submission to the South African Human Rights Commission on DHA “blocking” identity documentsThe 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 […]
Zimbabwe: Passports: Decentralizing a citizen right
August 21, 2022 5:54 pm Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Passports: Decentralizing a citizen rightBy 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 […]
Southern African Development Community: Road map on the eradication of statelessness 2022 – 2024
August 19, 2022 9:19 pm Comments Off on Southern African Development Community: Road map on the eradication of statelessness 2022 – 2024GOAL 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 […]
Good Practices Paper — Action 1: Resolving Existing Major Situations of Statelessness
August 16, 2022 3:04 pm Comments Off on Good Practices Paper — Action 1: Resolving Existing Major Situations of StatelessnessUpdated version of paper first published in 2015. Includes a focus on Kenya. Download from Refworld: https://www.refworld.org/docid/54e75a244.html
Nigeria: The National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with UNICEF launches the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
August 16, 2022 7:09 am Comments Off on Nigeria: The National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with UNICEF launches the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey“Study finds that exclusive breastfeeding rate increased from 24 per cent to 34 per cent, while nearly 60 per cent of Nigerian children are now registered at birth with civil authorities” [Press statement] Today, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, officially […]
Des actes de naissance pour des enfants tchadiens
August 11, 2022 12:08 pm Comments Off on Des actes de naissance pour des enfants tchadiensAu Tchad, le gouvernement a lancé ce mercredi une campagne de délivrance d’actes de naissance à l’occasion de la Journée africaine de l’enregistrement des faits d’état civil. En effet, les trois-quarts des enfants de moins de cinq ans ne sont pas […]
UNHCR applauds Liberia for removing gender discrimination from its nationality law
August 11, 2022 7:11 am Comments Off on UNHCR applauds Liberia for removing gender discrimination from its nationality lawIn a major development to prevent statelessness, Liberia has amended its nationality law to grant women and men equal rights to confer nationality to their children. The President of Liberia signed into law an act to amend the Aliens and […]
Rwanda seeks universal birth registration coverage this year
August 11, 2022 7:07 am Comments Off on Rwanda seeks universal birth registration coverage this yearInes Rutayisire Umurerwa The government of Rwanda has set a target of having all babies born in the country to be registered at birth by the end of 2022. Current figures from the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) […]
Uganda: New upgraded national IDs to cost taxpayers Shs600b
August 10, 2022 6:20 pm Comments Off on Uganda: New upgraded national IDs to cost taxpayers Shs600bBy Derrick Wandera & Peter Sserugo The government has set aside Shs600b for renewal of the National ID, which starts in June next year. Addressing the media yesterday, Minister of Internal Affairs Kahinda Otafiire said the money would be used to purchase high-tech […]
Zambia: Children’s Code Act No.12 of 2022
August 9, 2022 1:55 pm Comments Off on Zambia: Children’s Code Act No.12 of 2022Article 8: Name and nationality (1) A child has a right, from birth, to a name and nationality and where a child is deprived of that child’s identity, the State shall provide appropriate assistance with a view to establishing that […]
République de Congo: lutte contre l’apatridie
August 8, 2022 9:05 am Comments Off on République de Congo: lutte contre l’apatridieLa République du Congo a franchi une nouvelle étape dans la bataille contre l’apatridie avec l’adoption la semaine dernière par le Conseil des ministres d’un projet de décret portant création, attributions, organisation et fonctionnement du comité technique institutionnel d’éradication du […]