THE Sadc Parliamentary Forum (PF) Women’s Regional Caucus, which is currently in session in Harare, yesterday urged its affiliate 14 member States to look at the issue of statelessness with a gender lens as it impacted more on women and […]
Short docmentary featuring story of a Kenyan child taken to South Africa who becomes stateless.
By Achieng Akena These lives we lead, these struggles we fight – they are not without a cost that is very personal to each of us. A cost to our health, our relationships… and sometimes we pay the ultimate price, […]
The SADC CRAI Network is a branch of the Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative (CRAI). CRAI is a coalition of civil society organisations in Africa campaigning to end statelessness and the arbitrary denial of nationality in Africa. More information as […]
Le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (UNHCR) a lancé une campagne en 2014 , pour mettre fin d’ici 2024 à ce qu’il qualifie de ” violation des droits de l’homme”. Lire la suite.
La Confederación hispánica, o sea las casi 5000 personas que se agrupan alrededor de una página del mismo nombre en la red social de Facebook, piden el reconocimiento a la nacionalidad española de los ecuato-guineanos. Para hacerlo han puesto a […]
To prevent former Liberian refugees in West Africa from becoming stateless, the Liberian government has been conducting re-assesment missions of those at risk of statelessness in countries where they have sought asylum. DAKAR, SENEGAL, 4 November 2016 (UNHCR) – “I am […]
Près de soixante-dix-huit mille Ivoiriens nés hors de la Côte d’Ivoire entre 2011 et 2016 du fait de la crise post-électorale n’ont pas d’extrait d’acte de naissance, a révélé jeudi le coordonnateur du Service d’aide et d’assistance aux réfugiés et […]
The Senegalese music band just released a powerful clip with the help of UNHCR. On the occasion of the second anniversary of the #IBelong Campaign this month to Eradicate Global Statelessness in 10 years, Bideew Bou Bess – or “New […]
C’est fait, la nouvelle Constitution créant la 3e République de la Côte d’Ivoire a été adoptée lors du référendum de dimanche 30 octobre : adoption à 93,42% des suffrages exprimés tandis que l’opposition avait appelé à un boycott de ce […]
A law drafted by the parliament’s legislative committee is currently barred from discussion upon request of government Egypt’s House of Representative gave the government a 14-day ultimatum to finish drafting a new Equal Citizenship Law, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported on […]
CRC/C/SLE/CO/3-5 Birth registration 16. Taking note of target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals on providing legal identity for all, including birth registration, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Continue its efforts to register all children, especially those […]