The President of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, Honorable Justice Maria Do Ceu Silva Monteiro has advocated a ‘global movement to end the scourge of statelessness,’ in which some 10 million people in the world are not considered to […]
Madagascar lance une évaluation de son système d’enregistrement à l’état civil. Dans le pays, 20 % des enfants de moins de cinq ans ne sont pas enregistrés. Impossible pour eux d’aller à l’école, de se marier ou de prouver une […]
The government has made a dramatic U-turn on the new national electronic identity cards by finally admitting that they are flawed and announced plans to recall over 2 million cards handed out to citizens because they lack visible handwritten signatures. […]
By John Tanza South Sudan joined the East African Community (EAC) this week when EAC heads of state approved the country’s application at a summit in Tanzania. South Sudan becomes the sixth member of the economic bloc, along with Kenya, […]
The opposition in Ivory Coast has said giving ousted Burkina Faso leader Blaise Compaore Ivorian citizenship paints a ‘grim picture’ of the political scene in the country. “This is not good and it gives a sad picture of the political […]
By Ranger The Lebanese started entering Sierra Leone after the first Serian war in the 1940s and 50s. Some even came earlier than that. The Lebanese have become the most favored people when it comes to trade, business, and opportunities. […]
Submission by UNHCR for the OHCHR Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review 2nd Cycle, 26th Session: Zimbabwe Including extensive comments on citizenship and statelessness, in particular: Issue 2: Prevention and reduction of statelessness and protection of stateless persons Although the new […]
It is often the duty of any government to put in place specific measures or laws to ensure that citizens are accurately recognised. Governments are also supposed to cater for foreign nationals in order to incorporate them in a particular […]
Chapter III provides for acquisition of citizenship on independence in 1968, for citizenship by birth, registration and marriage, and for parliament to provide further detail by law. The Constitution as updated to 2016 contained no changes to chapter III since […]
1. The Petitioner by his Petition dated 23rd September 2015, seeks to be declared that he is a citizen of the Republic of Kenya. 2. The Petitioner further seeks orders directed to the Director of Immigration and Principal Registrar of […]
By Hanibal Goitom (Feb. 29, 2016) On February 16, 2016, Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Review Committee (an 80-member body established in 2013 to review the 1991 Constitution and a 2008 report proposing changes to it) published an abridged draft report of its findings. (Ibrahim Tarawallie, […]
CRC/C/BEN/CO/3–5 Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Benin Birth registration 30. The Committee is concerned that many children are still not registered at birth, in particular children living in remote rural communities, children from disadvantaged […]