Author Archives for Olivia Bueno

En Algérie, la double nationalité suscite la polémique

February 2, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on En Algérie, la double nationalité suscite la polémique

« La nationalité algérienne exclusive est requise pour l’accès aux hautes responsabilités de l’État et aux fonctions politiques »… En Algérie, depuis la présentation de l’avant-projet de loi de révision constitutionnelle, le 5 janvier 2015, l’article 51 qui interdit aux […]


Algeria: Draft Revised Constitution ‘Implicitly’ Enshrines Right to Dual Nationality for Algerians

February 2, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Algeria: Draft Revised Constitution ‘Implicitly’ Enshrines Right to Dual Nationality for Algerians

The draft revised Constitution “implicitly” enshrined the right to dual nationality for the Algerians, said Tuesday in Algiers, Adviser of President of the Republic Kamel Rezag Bara, lamenting the excessive readings about the article inherent to the limitation of access […]


L’Algérie aussi se fâche avec ses binationaux

February 2, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on L’Algérie aussi se fâche avec ses binationaux

Alors qu’en France la controverse sur la déchéance de nationalité pour les binationaux n’en finit plus, de l’autre côté de la Méditerranée, en Algérie, le sujet des binationaux occupent également le débat public. Pas du tout pour les mêmes raisons, […]


11 members boycott Libya’s Constituent Assembly

January 28, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on 11 members boycott Libya’s Constituent Assembly

11 members from the Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly have boycotted assembly sessions in protest and decided not to recognize its outcomes. The boycotting members explained in a press conference in Tripoli on Thursday that during the recent period they had […]


Egyptian woman who has joined Israeli army, stripped of citizenship

January 21, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Egyptian woman who has joined Israeli army, stripped of citizenship

The Egyptian Government has revoked the nationality of a female citizen who joined the Israeli army. Egypt’s Prime Minister Sharif Ismail issued a decree last Sunday sanctioning Dina Mohammed Ali Al-Masry, now known as Dina Ovadia. The decision was in […]


What does an amended constitution really change about Algeria?

January 19, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on What does an amended constitution really change about Algeria?

The Arab Spring came and went with little notice in Algeria. To be sure, all the conditions extant in those Arab countries that underwent violence-induced regime change – political oppression, social alienation, economic marginalization, cultural disillusionment – were equally present […]


Cameroon: 10,000 Refugees for Biometric Registration

January 19, 2016 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Cameroon: 10,000 Refugees for Biometric Registration

Some 10,000 refugees from 25 countries in the Littoral Region will soon have new identification documents, including Refugee Identity Cards and Attestations, thanks to biometric registration. Given the current state of insecurity in the northern part of the country, the […]


Double nationalité : quels sont les pays africains qui l’autorisent ?

December 29, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Double nationalité : quels sont les pays africains qui l’autorisent ?

Depuis les années 1960, la nature de leur relation avec leur diaspora ainsi qu’avec leur ancien pays colonisateur préoccupe les États du continent. Les Africains sont de plus en plus mobiles, à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur du continent, ce qui […]


South Africa: Civil society submission on the right of every child to acquire a nationality under Article 7 CRC

October 1, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on South Africa: Civil society submission on the right of every child to acquire a nationality under Article 7 CRC

Committee on the Rights of the Child, 73rd Pre-Sessional Working Group (1–5 February 2016) Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (the Institute) welcome the opportunity to make this submission to the Committee on the […]


Angolans in São Tome welcome local citizenship

April 16, 2015 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Angolans in São Tome welcome local citizenship

Angolans resident in São Tome and Principe welcomed the decision of local authorities to grant citizenship to Portuguese-speaking Community (CPLP) nationals based in the country since the proclamation of independence in 1975. This was expressed by Angolans living in the […]


Décret-loi no.1963-6 du 28 février 1963 portant refonte du Code de la nationalité tunisienne (modifiée 2010)

January 1, 2012 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Décret-loi no.1963-6 du 28 février 1963 portant refonte du Code de la nationalité tunisienne (modifiée 2010)

Texte complet et mis a jour (2012) disponible sur Jurisite Tunisie / Complete and up to date text (as of 2012) available on Jurisite Tunisie: http://www.jurisitetunisie.com/tunisie/codes/national/menu.html Télécharger texte mis a jour jusqu’au 2002 ici / Download text updated to 2002 […]


Mali: Loi N° 2011–087 du 30 Décembre 2011 portant Code des personnes et de la famille

December 30, 2011 7:31 pm Published by Comments Off on Mali: Loi N° 2011–087 du 30 Décembre 2011 portant Code des personnes et de la famille

Repeals and replaces the 1962 nationality code (amended 1995). Titre V: De La Nationalité. Article 224: Est malien, qu’il soit né au Mali ou à l’étranger: – l’enfant légitime né de père et de mère maliens; – l’enfant légitime né […]