By John Nditi in Morogoro ONLY people with valid birth certificates will be allowed to get married effective May 1, 2017, it was declared here yesterday. Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Harrison Mwakyembe directed the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says a stateless person does not have a nationality of any country. It notes further that while some people are born stateless — not considered as a national by any state under […]
“We had rights but we did not know how to enjoy these rights because we did not have identity cards.” By Modesta Ndubi, Kwale, Coast, Kenya | 15 Mar 2017 “The day I got my Kenyan identity card I came home […]
« L’apatridie et droit à une nationalité », était le thème de la restitution de la formation sur l’apatridie organisée ce mercredi 15 mars 2017 par le Ministère de l’Administration du Territoire et de la Gouvernance Locale en collaboration avec […]
By Latifat Opoola “When I enrolled for the National Identity card early last year, I had expected the card would be ready in at most six months’ time. Whenever I go to their office, it has always been ‘go and […]
Par Ziad Alami Les Sahraouis de Tindouf sont sommés de remettre leur passeport algérien dès leur retour de l’étranger. Une restriction de mouvement et une discrimination contre lesquelles ils protestent en menaçant de recourir au “statut d’apatride”, faute de bénéficier […]
Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness. Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an […]
Au pays de la « révolution du jasmin », l’octroi de la nationalité à des étrangers n’est pas une mince affaire. Comme en témoignent les six mille demandes en souffrance. Le 4 janvier 2016, Alfonso Campisi, 48 ans, fait le buzz. Cet écrivain […]
A Port Elizabeth woman says the Department of Home Affairs claimed she was a foreigner because of vaccination marks on her arm and refused to issue her with an identity document. The Department has denied this.Bongiwe Jokazi, 30, of Zwide, […]
A/HRC/35/26/Add.1 Extract: Civil registry 45. The adamant insistence on the part of the Government that it cannot take account of ethnicity in its policies has the effect of reinforcing the status quo. An egregious example of this is the fact […]
From Lawra to Aflao, Half Assini to Bawku, all over Ghana people will queue for an identity. Every person, regardless of age, gender, socio-economic status will document his or her personal details including name, date of birth, and contact information […]
Pamela Shumba: Bulawayo Bureau Many people in Tsholotsho District have no identity particulars. This was revealed when Tsholotsho North MP Professor Jonathan Moyo met the District Civil Protection Unit (CPU) last week at Sipepa Clinic where a temporary camp was […]