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Birth registration and children’s rights: A complex story

Published: 1/May/2014
Source: Plan International

Authors: Kara Apland, Professor Carolyn Hamilton,Professor Brad K. Blitz, Professor Carolyn Hamilton, Mary Lagaay, Dr. Rajith Lakshman, and Elizabeth Yarrow. A four-country study commissioned by Plan International investigating the benefits of birth registration, covering India, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Vietnam. […]

Zambia, UNHRC launch local integration strategy framework

Published: 30/Apr/2014
Source: PANA

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian government and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have launched the Strategic Framework for the Local Integration of Former Refugees in Zambia, requiring US$20.9 million to implement. The Framework which was unveiled in the Zambian […]

Somaliland: Civil Society Position Paper on National ID Registration

Published: 23/Apr/2014
Source: Somaliland Non – State Actors Forum (SONSAF)

Since the onset of Somaliland’s independence, the demand of civil registration and National ID seemed to be a key priority where the President of Somaliland has recently appointed two committees (steering committee and task force) to implement National Identity Card […]

Tanzanian constitutional review proposes radical changes to citizenship law

Published: 15/Apr/2014
Source: African Arguments

By Bronwen Manby Tanzania is just starting a major debate on a new constitution for the country, to replace the version adopted in 1977. Among the many reforms proposed to existing laws, the draft proposed by the Constitutional Review Commission […]

President addresses Ugandans on national identity card exercise

Published: 13/Apr/2014
Source: Presidency of Uganda

President Yoweri Museveni has stressed the importance of a digitalized national identity card saying it is a difficult document to fall prey to forgery. The President was this afternoon addressing the nation from State House, Nakasero, on the eve of […]

Zambia: 5,588 ex-Angolan Refugees ready for local integration

Published: 13/Apr/2014
Source: Zambia Post

By Mwala Kalaluka ABOUT 5,588 ex-Angolan refugees out of 15,234 have been screened and signed for local integration based on criteria established under government’s strategic framework for the integration of former refugees, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. And […]

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Resolution 234, Introductory Note

Published: 13/Apr/2014
Source: American Society of International Law

by Horace S. Adjolohoun International Legal Materials, Vol. 53, No. 2 (2014), pp. 413-417, Published by American Society of International Law Extract: While the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter) imprecisely provides for a right to […]

Zimbabwe: Manyuchi in a mess

Published: 12/Apr/2014
Source: The Herald (Harare)

Word Boxing Council welterweight international champion Charles Manyuchi’s comments have angered his handlers — Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions — who have threatened to cancel their partnership with the Zimbabwean boxer unless he issues a public apology by Wednesday. Last week […]

Pièces a fournir pour l’obtention du certificat de nationalité togolaise

Published: 11/Apr/2014
Source: Cour d'Appel de Lomé

PIÈCES COMMUNES A TOUTES LES OPTIONS: *Déclaration de naissance du demandeur ou toute autre pièce en tenant lieu (original+copie certifiée conforme). Une photo d’identité du demandeur. -OPTION I: Père Togolais (article 32 de la Constitution) certificat de nationalité du père, […]