Caroline McInerney, “Accessing Malagasy Citizenship: The Nationality Code and Its Impact on the Karana” Tilburg Law Review Vol.19 (2014) 182-193 Abstract: At the time Madagascar gained independence, only those who had been naturalized French citizens had the opportunity to choose […]
This is an unofficial summary and translation written by Violeta Barrera, intern at the Fahamu Refugee Programme. On 7 and 8 October 2013, two important cases were decided in the Administrative Chamber of the Audiencia Nacional, a special and exceptional high court […]
Lawyers for Human Rights has been working on issues of statelessness since 2010. We established a Statelessness Project in 2011 and have been assisting stateless persons since this time. We continue to be concerned by the discrimination and absence of […]
Extrait: II.3.4. Les apatrides au Burundi En date du 26 août 2013, une quarantaine de descendants omanais connus au Burundi comme « les arabes » ont organisé un sit-in devant les bureaux du Haut commissariat pour les réfugiés (HCR) au […]
LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE, CHEF DU GOUVERNEMENT VU La Constitution du 15 septembre 1992 ; VU La Loi n°200/AN/81 du 24 octobre 1981 portant code de la Nationalité Djiboutienne ; VU Le Décret n°81-125/PR du 17 novembre 1981 instituant […]
By Jibrin Lumba, Abuja The Citizenship and Business Department of the Federal Ministry of Interior was charged with the responsibility of managing expatriate quota issues and other matters relating to the grant of Nigerian citizenship to foreigners. Early this year, […]
South Sudan is currently on the edge. Reports of an alleged attempted coup in South Sudan on Sunday 15 December were followed by days of reports of firefights all over the capital Juba. On December 19, these were followed by […]
Botswana’s Bushmen have held a press conference in the country’s capital to demand an end to government persecution of the tribe. Bushmen spokesmen Roy Sesana, Mangana, Keikabile Modogu and Jumanda Gakelebone told journalists that they were appealing to the government to meet […]
The Federal Government, on Monday, granted 217 foreign nationals Nigerian citizenship, including an 88-year-old American missionary, who decided to remain in Nigeria as citizens. Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, formally presented the beneficiaries with the Nigerian citizenship certificates, after administering […]
We,the participants gathered for the Regional Round Table on Statelessness in West Africa, organized in Banjul,the Gambia, on 4 -5 December 2013, by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Recalling the firm commitment of our states to the rights […]
A name and nationality is every child’s right, enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international treaties. Nevertheless, the births of nearly 230 million children under the age of five have never been registered. This […]
Registering a child’s birth is a critical first step towards safeguarding lifelong protection. Promoting children’s right to birth registration falls clearly within UNICEF’s mandate. It has been a key component of its programming since the late 1990s. Approximately 230 million […]