A birth registration is the official recording of the birth of a child through a state’s administrative process. It is a permanent and official record of a child’s existence. Although birth registration is different from the process of acquiring nationality, […]
Le ministère de l’Intérieur poursuit ses activités dans le cadre des opérations de Jugements supplétifs d’acte de naissance pour les enfants mineurs. Cette année, les autorités prévoient la régularisation de 65.000 enfants répartis dans 22 districts de l’île. L’objectif étant […]
Foreword Ending statelessness within 10 years. That was the ambition when we launched the #IBelong campaign in 2014. By raising awareness and mobilizing global support around that ambition, we aimed to address a largely invisible crisis: that of millions of […]
Author: Zekhethelo Cele LLM Candidate, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina’s nationality has sparked a significant debate on identity, belonging, and representation between South Africa and Nigeria. Allegedly born in South Africa to a Nigerian father […]
Interview with Richard Banégas and Armando Cutolo While it is well acknowledged that identity documents provide rights to citizenship and social inclusion, they can also generate violence and conflicts. In their recently published book entitled ID Wars in Côte d’Ivoire. […]
L’espoir d’un changement existe. Au début de l’été, M. Dingha et ses collègues du parlement camerounais ont adopté un projet de loi permettant au pays d’adhérer à deux conventions des Nations unies relatives à la reconnaissance des apatrides. Cela “contribuerait à réduire […]
By NGALA KILLIAN CHIMTOM MAYOS, Cameroon (AP) — The morning sun filtered through the forest canopy, casting dappled light on this village in Cameroon. For the Baka Indigenous community, it was a timeless image. But a passing truck broke the […]
Plaintiff claims defendant presented no evidence countering accusation of dual nationalities by Sami Zaptia On Wednesday (11 September), a session was held before the Administrative Judiciary at the Court of Appeal in Tripoli (in case no. 455 of 2023) concerning […]
Au Niger, la question de l’apatridie, c’est-à-dire le fait de ne reconnaître légalement aucun État comme étant le sien, est au cœur des préoccupations. Face à ce défi, le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a organisé, ce […]
Washington, D.C.—The Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) has commended the Liberian House of Representatives for approving significant amendments to the Liberian Aliens and Nationality Law of 2022. The revisions remove restrictive clauses that previously barred Liberians with […]
By Julia Schweers Introduction Ghana’s citizenship laws were first defined with independence from British colonial rule in 1957. Its early citizenship laws established the so-called ‘Lancaster House’ model, which other African states later also used to determine membership at independence, […]
Issued by Adrian Roos MP – DA Spokesperson on Home Affairs The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the decisive step taken by Home Affairs Minister Dr. Leon Schreiber to address the inconsistencies surrounding the 2015 granting of South African citizenship to […]