By Zelda Venter Amendments to the Citizenship Act came under the judicial spotlight after one child born from parents who are legally in the country as refugees after they had fled Rwanda is a citizen of South Africa, while her […]
By Kamau Muthoni Two experts have poured cold water on the Kenya Kwanza digital identification card project. Prof Laura Bingham, an international law expert, and Dr Thomas Fisher, a senior researcher at Privacy International in the UK, yesterday raised questions […]
(21970/2021) [2025] ZAGPPHC 202 (12 March 2025) FLYNOTES: CONSTITUTION – Citizenship – Child born in country – Born after change in law – Application to recognize child as a South African citizen refused – Has no citizenship or nationality – […]
Implementation of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness Extracts relevant to Africa Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness In December, in Mali, with UNHCR’s support, a workshop organized by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, focused […]
THE Zambian Civil Liberties Union (ZCLU) has argued that all applicants for Zambian citizenship, including refugees, should undergo a non-discriminatory scrutiny process. ZCLU Executive Director Isaac Mwanza has clarified that his petition does not seek automatic citizenship for refugees through […]
Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an annual background note on gender equality in nationality laws related to the conferral of nationality on children. Nationality laws that do not grant women equal rights with men to confer nationality on their children […]
Question NO44 to the Minister of Home Affairs Mogale, Mr T to ask the Minister of Home Affairs (1) Whether Elon Musk, Deon Barnard, Peter Andreas Thiel and David Oliver Sacks are South African citizens; if not, what is the […]
Bouna, 03 mars 2025 (AIP)–Le président du conseil régional du Bounkani, Hien Philippe, a réaffirmé son engagement à apporter une solution durable au problème de l’apatridie dans la région, où des générations entières de familles vivent sans existence légale en […]
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By Kwame Aduhene-Kwarteng, PhD Many Ghanaians at home and abroad believe it is time to revisit the 1992 Constitution. This sentiment is powerful among diaspora members with political aspirations eager to see restrictions lifted on dual citizens serving in political […]
Constitutional Court Ruling on Identity System Affects Tens of Thousands The High Court in Garissa, Kenya ruled on January 21 in favor of thousands of ethnic Somali Kenyan nationals whose rights were violated by the refusal to deregister them from the refugee […]
By AUGUSTINE SICHULA The Attorney-General, Mulilo Kabesha, has submitted to the Constitutional Court that Zambia’s Citizenship Act was constitutional and does not infringe on any rights. Kabesha urged the court to dismiss a petition by the Zambian Civil Liberties Union […]