Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Liberia: Lawmakers amend Alien and Nationality law

July 20, 2022 5:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Lawmakers amend Alien and Nationality law

By Bridgett Milton The House of Representatives has passed into law an Act to amend and or nullify certain provisions of the Alien and Nationality Law. It relates to citizenship and restoring the citizenship rights lost as a consequence of […]


Kenya: Birth Registration: Safeguarding the Future of the African Child

July 20, 2022 9:26 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Birth Registration: Safeguarding the Future of the African Child

The documentary highlights the importance of the first legal identification everyone should get and yet the very real obstacles that prevent people in some Kenyan communities from accessing this key documentation. It brings to the fore specific birth registration obstacles […]


The South African Constitutional Court Decides Against Statelessness and in Favour of Children

July 20, 2022 6:28 am Published by Comments Off on The South African Constitutional Court Decides Against Statelessness and in Favour of Children

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  


Fula Community Want National Recognition; Calls for Legislating Fula As An Official Ethnic Group in Liberia

July 19, 2022 8:09 am Published by Comments Off on Fula Community Want National Recognition; Calls for Legislating Fula As An Official Ethnic Group in Liberia

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 […]


Uganda: Government Faces Lawsuit for ‘Omitting Nationality Info’ In ID Registration

July 18, 2022 9:31 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda: Government Faces Lawsuit for ‘Omitting Nationality Info’ In ID Registration

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 […]


Décret portant répudiation de nationalité au Burkina : Les précisions du ministère de la justice

July 15, 2022 4:22 pm Published by Comments Off on Décret portant répudiation de nationalité au Burkina : Les précisions du ministère de la justice

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 […]


Congo’s troubled, lucrative biometric passport contract still open?

July 15, 2022 9:43 am Published by Comments Off on Congo’s troubled, lucrative biometric passport contract still open?

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 […]


Tchad : seulement 26% des naissances sont déclarées au Guéra

July 13, 2022 8:20 am Published by Comments Off on Tchad : seulement 26% des naissances sont déclarées au Guéra

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 […]


Botswana: Dual citizenship: The case of Mathe

July 12, 2022 10:21 am Published by Comments Off on Botswana: Dual citizenship: The case of Mathe

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 […]


The State We’re In: Ending Sexism In Nationality Laws – 2022 Edition – Update For A Disrupted World

July 7, 2022 2:55 pm Published by Comments Off on The State We’re In: Ending Sexism In Nationality Laws – 2022 Edition – Update For A Disrupted World

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 […]


Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples, 22 mars 2018 (fond) et 02 décembre 2021 (réparations), arrêts Anudo Ochieng Anudo c. Tanzanie, n°012/2015

July 6, 2022 5:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples, 22 mars 2018 (fond) et 02 décembre 2021 (réparations), arrêts Anudo Ochieng Anudo c. Tanzanie, n°012/2015

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 […]


Uganda: MPs halt gazettement of new tribes, demand Constitution Review Commission

July 5, 2022 5:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Uganda: MPs halt gazettement of new tribes, demand Constitution Review Commission

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 […]