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Algeria: Draft law to cancel citizenship from exiled opposition sparks anger

Published: 9/Mar/2021
Source: Middle East Monitor

The government in Algeria is looking at a controversial law which could, if passed, be used to strip citizenship from opposition figures in exile. The move has been proposed by Minister of Justice Belkacem Zeghmati because, he believes, political opponents […]

South Africa: Home Affairs Committee request for report on statelessness

Published: 9/Mar/2021
Source: South African Parliament: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs

Parliament, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 – The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has resolved to defer a decision on amendments to the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill (B22-2020) proposed by the National Council of Provinces to Friday, 12 March 2021, to enable […]

Report on citizenship law : Eswatini

Published: 5/Mar/2021
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

By Sabelo Gumedze This report will firstly present a historical backdrop on citizenship law postindependence. This is largely provided for in the Swaziland Independence Constitution. This history also includes the blatant violation of citizenship law by the government of Swaziland […]

Who Are Kenya’s 42+ ‘Tribes’? and Should We Be Asking?

Published: 5/Mar/2021
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

Asking whether or not the census should continue to count ethnic groups is one way into the difficult conversation about how to reckon with the legacies of colonial weaponisation of ethnicity. By Samantha Balaton-Chrimes It was a hot and dusty […]

Rapport sur le droit de la nationalité: Côte d’Ivoire

Published: 1/Mar/2021
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

Par Perle Audrey DIAHA-YAO Introduction La Côte d’Ivoire est un pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest qui a acquis son indépendance le 7 août 1960. Cette accession à la souveraineté a comporté comme conséquence immédiate, l’apparition d’une nationalité ivoirienne, en remplacement […]

A study on statelessness and the risks of statelessness in Namibia

Published: 1/Mar/2021
Source: Legal Assistance Centre, Windhoek (with support of UNHCR and Government of Namibia)

Introduction Statelessness refers to the condition of an individual who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law.1 Statelessness has a dramatic impact on the enjoyment of human rights, civic participation, and the […]

Côte d’Ivoire: Déclaration conjointe à l’occasion du 6ème anniversaire de la Déclaration d’Abidjan des ministres des Etats membres de la CEDEAO sur l’éradication de l’Apatridie d’ici 2024

Published: 25/Feb/2021
Source: Ministere de la Justice, Cote d'Ivoire & HCR

Aux termes de l’article 1er de la convention de 1954 relative au statut des apatrides, l’apatride est “une personne qu’aucun Etat ne considère comme son ressortissant par application de sa législation”. Au-delà de cette définition assez restrictive, les rédacteurs du […]

Côte d’Ivoire: identifier et protéger les apatrides

Published: 24/Feb/2021
Source: RFI

Ce sont les apatrides ou les personnes « à risque d’apatridie » : ils n’ont pas de nationalité ou ont beaucoup de mal, faute de documents, à prouver cette nationalité ou un lien avec leur État d’origine. La Côte d’Ivoire […]