2. Nationality by Birth 1 Any person born to a father or a mother of Eritrean origin in Eritrea or abroad is an Eritrean national by birth. 2 A person who has “Eritrean origin” is any person who was resident […]
Article 27 on Protection from discrimination provides: (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4), (5), and (7), no law shall make provision which is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect. (2) Subject to the provisions of subsections […]
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1.São são-tomenses de origem: a) Os nascidos em S.Tomé e Príncipe, filho de pai ou mãe santomense; b) Os nascidos no estrangeiro filhos de pai ou mãe santomense, que se encontre ao serviço do Estado santomense; c) Os filhos de […]
ACT To further regulate the acquisition or loss of Namibian citizenship in pursuance of the provisions of Article 4 of the Namibian Constitution; and to provide for matters incidental thereto. Download from the UNHCR Refworld website.
Nationality law repeals and replaces laws No.71/76 and No.31/87. Download file: here (285 kb)
Chapter 2 provides for citizenship. In relation to those born after independence in 1990, the law provides for citizenship on the basis of descent from a father or mother with Namibian citizenship, and in addition for children born in Namibia […]
Charles P Gasarasi, “The Mass Naturalization and Further Integration of Rwandese Refugees in Tanzania: Process, Problems and Prospects” Journal of Refugee Studies (1990) 3 (2) Abstract This paper attempts to reconstruct the process which led to Tanzania’s policy of mass […]
The National Commission for Refugees Act governs the entry, treatment and rights of refugees whilst in Nigeria. Part I of the Act defines who may be deemed a refugee and under what circumstances they will be able to remain in […]
Long before “ethnic cleansing” entered popular parlance, its effects were painfully apparent in Mauritania. Since 1989, tens of thousands of black Mauritanians have been forcibly expelled, and hundreds more have been tortured or killed; an undeclared military occupation of the […]
Lei da Nacionalidade de 1975 de 20 de Junho, as amended by Lei No. 16/87 de 21 de Dezembro. Download file: here (131 kb)
Entry into force 1 March 1987. Download file: here (150 kb)