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Ending Statelessness in 2024: Rwanda establishes a clear pathway toward this goal

Published: 11/Nov/2020
Source: UNHCR

In 2021, Rwanda’s National Statelessness Taskforce and UNHCR will prioritise the identification of statelessness persons and those with undetermined nationality living in Rwanda. By Eugene Sibomana and Johanna Seidl “Consider just one minute. What would be like, if a country […]

Botswana: Parley To Debate Citizenship Amendment Bill

Published: 9/Nov/2020
Source: The Monitor / Mmegi (Botswana)

The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2020 will finally be tabled before Parliament after it was published in the Government Gazette of October 30. The new Bill by the Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Anna Mokgethi seeks to amend sections […]

Zimbabwe: Rory Vashon Wheeler v Registrar General and Others

Published: 6/Nov/2020
Source: Supreme Court of Zimbabwe / Tafadzwa Ralph Mugabe Attorneys (Harare)

High Court Judgement: Wheeler v RG and Others HH 181-20 judgment Supreme Court Order: Wheeler v RG and Others Supreme Court Order 2020-11-06 Note on the case by Tafadzwa Ralph Mugabe Legal Counsel: CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION ADVISORY NOTE #13 of […]

Togo: Ratification de la Convention sur la Réduction des cas d’Apatridie

Published: 5/Nov/2020
Source: TVT

La Représentation nationale donne son quitus pour l’adhésion du Togo à la convention sur la réduction des cas d’apatridie. La Représentation nationale a délibéré et adopté au cours de la huitième séance plénière de la deuxième session ordinaire de l’année […]

Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child: South Africa

Published: 1/Nov/2020
Source: Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

88th Pre-Sessional Working Group 08 -12 February 2021 The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Centre for Child Law and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (the Institute) welcome the opportunity to make this submission […]