Honourable Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi I know that you are a very busy man, so I will get straight to the point. My name is Ndoji Manika, I am 23 years old. In the year 2001, I was only two […]
From: Mle Bedell, CEO BIZ Liberia Enterprise, Development Researcher, Monrovia, Liberia To: The Plenary, House of Senate Dear Plenary: How can you accept to concur the amendment of a dual citizenship law of the country when the incomes of those […]
By Masoka Dube Thulani Vuma, who lives in Sabie in Mpumalanga, cannot continue with his studies because he does not have an identity document. Even though he was born in the country 22 years ago, to a Mozambican mother and […]
Members of the Liberian House of Representatives on Thursday, November 11, passed into law an act to amend the country’s Alien and Nationality Law. The Act, which was co-sponsored by 30 lawmakers from the House of Representatives, was submitted by […]
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of South Africa CEDAW/C/ZAF/CO/5 Nationality 41.The Committee notes the statement made by the delegation during the dialogue indicating that the State party has initiated a birth registration project to ensure the registration of […]
By Hélène Caux in Djambala, Republic of the Congo Marie does not know her age but looks to be in her late thirties. She has never had a birth certificate nor any other identity document. She has never been to […]
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has granted leave to Kibanda South MP, Jacob Karubanga to introduce a Private Member’s Bill entitled, the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, seeking to recognise five indigenous communities. The Bill when introduced seeks to amend […]
By Carmel Rickard Twenty years is a lifetime in the law, especially when outdated laws and legal concepts have to be re-considered in the light of modern constitutional principles. That’s one reason that a notice of appeal, filed by the […]
By Fidelis Munyoro The High Court decision giving fathers of children born out of wedlock a legal right to acquire birth certificates for their children where the mothers cannot be found or become unavailable to do this, has been welcomed […]
By Murphy Nganga Cape Town – With little to no right at all, the plight for citizenship by naturalisation in South Africa continues to drive vulnerable youths to the margins of society despite the Constitutional Court’s ruling in the matter […]
The home affairs ministry will appeal a recent High Court ruling which declared the son of a same-sex couple born via surrogacy a Namibian citizen by descent in the Supreme Court. “After studying the said reasons, we have decided to […]
On 16 February 2008, Ugandan authorities forcibly evicted 178 Indigenous Benet families from Benet forest, Mount Elgon, Sebei region (Bukwo and Kween districts), in eastern Uganda, rendering them homeless. Over a decade later, when Amnesty International visited Mount Elgon, members […]