[Comment] BEFORE every general election in Zimbabwe, the issue of citizenship in relation to voter registration, voting and associated disenfranchisement surfaces all the time. Zimbabwean citizens, mainly those with roots in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique, have to be subjected to […]
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) – L’Italie et la République Tchèque ont accordé 2 millions d’Euros, soit 1,3 milliard de francs CFA au Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) pour lutter contre l’apatridie et assurer un retour viable des rapatriés […]
December 1, 2017: The Mass National Identity Cards Registration Campaign has registered 9 186 689 Malawians, exceeding its target of registering nine million people. Speaking on 30th November at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe at an event to announce the final […]
We, Civil Society Organisations from the East African Community (EAC) Member States, Background 1. Recognising that the issue of nationality and statelessness is first and foremost an issue of basic human rights, that affects many people in our region who […]
AUC/CRMC4/2017/5 Fourth Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration: Experts meeting Nouakchott, 4-8 December 2017 Introduction 1.In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the value of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems worldwide. Establishing or […]
Special edition of newsletter focusing on the right to citizenship, including the following articles : Victory for citizens called ‘aliens’ by Tobaiwa Mudede … denied vote for years, so-called aliens win right to register for 2018 poll How the term […]
HIGH Court judge, Justice Nyaradzo Munangati-Manongwa yesterday ruled in favour of the so-called aliens and ordered the Registrar-General’s Office to allow them to register to vote during the ongoing biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise provided they produce their identification documents […]
The ‘Aliens’ were supposed to produce the identity documents endorsed ‘alien’ coupled with a birth certificate and proof of residence. The Zimbabwean High Court has ruled in favour of those with dual citizenship so that they can be registered in […]
IT IS ORDERED THAT: Any person born in Zimbabwe who is of over eighteen (18) years with an identification card endorsed alien and a birth certificate showing that such person was born in Zimbabwe and that at least one of […]
Aspiring to be model in the region for guaranteeing protections to refugee and asylum seeking Syrians, proposed changes to Egypt’s citizenship laws appear instead to deny the right to nationality and put vulnerable people at risk of statelessness Egypt has […]
La sous Délégation de l’UNHCR IRIBA a accueilli du 21-25/11/2017, la mission de la Direction des Affaires Politiques et de l’état civil (DAPEC) du Ministère de l’Administration du Territoire et de la Gouvernance Locale. Cette mission conduite par le Directeur […]
By Barbara Maregele For the past ten years, Bronwyn Moss and her family have been battling to register an orphaned child with the Department of Home Affairs. Moss, from Mooinooi in North West, is in a Catch-22: she has been […]