CRC/C/ZAF/CO/2 Concluding observations on the second periodic report of South Africa Extract : Birth registration, name and nationality 29. The Committee welcomes the substantial increase of birth registration in the State party. However the Committee is concerned that: (a) Administrative […]
Le code de la nationalité malgache comporte plusieurs dispositions non conformes aux principes des droits humains, notamment sur la discrimination du genre. Dans ce code, élaboré au lendemain de l’Indépendance, une femme malgache mariée à un étranger ne peut transmettre […]
The Legal Resources Centre has launched an application in the Grahamstown High Court on behalf of two parents whose application to register their child’s birth has been rejected by the Department of Home Affairs’ because the child’s mother does not […]
By ELKANA JACOB and ALLOYS MUSYOKA The government has registered about 2,950 members of the Makonde community who will be issued with IDs by December. The number registered on Tuesday includes 1,524 adults and 1,426 children. Daniel Fundi, 110, thanked […]
Beaucoup de parents n’ont pas encore le réflexe de déclarer leurs enfants à l’état civil dès la naissance dans les communes de Mbellacadiao et de Ndiob. Selon le secrétaire général de l’Organisation Education et Développement de l’Enfant (Eden), Ibrahima Khalil […]
By Yash Pal Ghai The number of stateless persons in Kenya is sometimes estimated at about 100,000 people. This is undoubtedly a gross underestimate. Whole communities are declared stateless—one authority estimated that the Nubians alone amount to over 100,000. The […]
By Lucy Hovil Drawing on seven years of research by IRRI, my book, Refugees, Conflict and the Search for Belonging has just been published (Palgrave Macmillan, September 2016). Although the focus is on East and Central Africa, the book has […]
by Shinovene Immanuel HOME affairs minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has withdrawn the proposed changes to the Citizenship Act after it was rejected by the National Council and the Presidency. Iivula-Ithana said the withdrawal of the Citizenship Bill was because she is […]
«La gestion de l’Etat civil, des ressources humaines, du contrôle sanitaire et scolaire », « La gestion statistique, économique, des objectifs de développement, des finances et de la fiscalité », « la gestion du territoire, des identités, des flux migratoires […]
President Peter Mutharika will on Wednesday launch national identity cards (IDs) project to address the challenges Malawians have long faced due to the absence of the documents. Malawi is the only country in southern Africa without such IDs for its […]
By George M Mucee In the wake of the Makonde people of Kwale County marching to State House Nairobi to agitate for their recognition as citizens of Kenya and the subsequent directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta that their citizenship be […]
Abidjan – Le texte du projet de nouvelle constitution voulue par le président Alassane Ouattara et qui doit être présenté mercredi devant l’Assemblée, a été mis en ligne dimanche par un parti d’opposition, son contenu ne présentant pas de surprise […]