PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES OFFICIAL REPORT THURSDAY, 28TH October, 2021 FOURTH SERIES VOL 114 No. 3 BILLS – FIRST READING Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2021 An Act to amend the Citizenship Act, 2000 (Act 591) to remove re-strictions imposed on dual citizens from […]
Upon entering the political space in Sierra Leone, Hon. Alhaji Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella promised to ensure that all Sierra Leoneans living in the Diaspora will have the opportunity to run for Parliamentary and Presidential offices in the country, vote […]
By Dounard Bondo Liberians can hold dual citizenship until the government takes them to court and a judgement is given against them. In 2005, Sarah moved from Liberia to America with her parents. By 2010, she naturalised as an American. […]
Les enfants non déclarés à leur naissance sont appelés “fantômes” ou “invisibles”. Derrière cette expression se cache le drame vécu par plus de 200 millions d’adolescents sur le continent africain, bien souvent exclus du système éducatif car dépourvus d’acte de […]
By Arlana Shikongo THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) says a recent High Court judgement confirming the Namibian citizenship by descent of a child born through surrogacy to a same-sex couple is progressive and demonstrates that the courts are taking cognisance […]
By Catherine Muya The High Court on October 14 ordered that the government conducts a data protection impact assessment before rolling out the Huduma cards as required by the Data Protection Act. In finding that the Data Protection Act applied […]
Daloa, 23 oct 2021 (AIP) – Les régions du Zanzan et des Savanes concentrent le plus grand nombre de personnes à risques d’apatridie en Côte d’Ivoire, a révélé le Haut-Commissariat des réfugiés (HCR) qui a organisé un atelier jeudi 21 […]
Following the issuing of an advisory by the Liberia Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Liberia, RL, that Liberians who supposedly lost their citizenship after naturalizing in other countries can now reclaim their citizenship, dozens of […]
Concluding observations on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Eswatini CRC/C/SWZ/CO/2-4 Birth registration 32.The Committee welcomes measures taken by the State party to increase the level of birth registration. However, it remains concerned at the low rate of […]
Kinshasa, 22 octobre 2021 (ACP).- Les députés nationaux membres de la commission permanente des droits de l’homme de l’Assemblée nationale ont élaboré mercredi le plan d’actions national de lutte contre l’apatridie en RDC, à l’issue de l’atelier d’informations et d’appropriation […]
By Carmel Rickard The case involves a same-sex couple where only one of the couple is a Namibian. They have had a child by surrogacy, and now applied for the child to be granted Namibian citizenship by descent. The minister […]
Le Comité Technique Interinstitutionnel de lutte contre l’apatridie (CTLA) a organisé, du 19 au 20 octobre 2021 au Palais du peuple, un atelier d’informations et d’appropriation politique de la lutte contre l’apatridie en RDC avec la commission de droit de […]