July 20, 2022 6:28 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
By Sherinda, M., & Klaaren, J. The Statelessness & Citizenship Review, 4(1), July 2022, 177-182. Case note on South African Constitutional Court judgment in Chisuse v Director-General, Department of Home Affairs [2020] ZACC 20 Download: https://statelessnessandcitizenshipreview.com/index.php/journal/article/view/405
July 19, 2022 8:09 am
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By Edwin Genoway, Jr. MONROVIA – Fulanis in Liberia are seeking legislation that will make the tribe legitimately recognized as one of the official tribes in Liberia. The group said its contributions to national development and politics, including the economy […]
July 18, 2022 9:31 am
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The Government of Uganda is set to be dragged to courts law for omitting information about “citizenship by descent” in the registration process for national Identity Cards. The lawsuit is being brought by the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED), under […]
July 15, 2022 4:22 pm
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Le Conseil des ministres en sa séance du 13 juillet 2022 a adopté un décret portant autorisation de répudiation de la nationalité burkinabè. Dans ce communiqué en date du 15 juillet 2022, le ministère de la justice et des Droits […]
July 15, 2022 9:43 am
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By Jim Nash It still is not known who, if anyone, has won a contract to make biometric passports for the Democratic People’s Republic of Congo. The contract with Congo, a large, south-central African nation of 95 million people, could […]
July 13, 2022 8:20 am
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En partenariat avec le Comité français pour l’UNICEF, une mission de la Haute autorité des médias audiovisuels (HAMA) séjourne depuis quelques jours à Mongo, dans la province du Guéra. Cette collaboration s’inscrit dans une approche visant à créer une intégration […]
July 12, 2022 10:21 am
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Botswana’s Passport to the Future? By Juwairiyyah Maher In a landmark decision passed on the 29th day of April 2022, the High Court of Botswana declared Sections 15 (1) and 15 (4) of in the Citizenship Act [Cap 01:01] (the […]
July 7, 2022 2:55 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
We have seen good progress in achieving equality in nationality laws with 19 countries making partial or full legal reforms and making significant commitments at the regional and global levels since Equality Now began in-depth work advocating for the reform […]
July 6, 2022 5:05 pm
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L’interdiction de déchoir arbitrairement de sa nationalité aux fins d’être expulsé vue par la Cour africaine. Par ses arrêts du 22 mars 2018 et 1 décembre 2021, la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples examine pour la […]
July 5, 2022 5:00 pm
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Parliament has stayed processing of the Constitution Amendment Bill, 2022 and tasked government to establish a Constitution Review Commission to comprehensively consider all amendments. The bill moved by Jacob Karubanga, the Member of Parliament for Kibanda South County sought to […]
July 4, 2022 8:53 am
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Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Morocco CEDAW/C/MAR/CO/5-6 Extract: Nationality 29.The Committee welcomes the withdrawal by the State party of its reservations with respect to article 9 (2) of the Convention. Nevertheless, the Committee is […]
June 29, 2022 9:17 pm
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By Michael OFFERMANN 1. Introduction Togo is a narrow, oblong country in West Africa, roughly 50 km wide and 650 km long, situated between Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso. It is made up of about two thirds of the territory […]
