CRC/C/STP/CO/2-4 Concluding observations on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Sao Tome and Principe, adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fourth session (16 September–4 October 2013). Birth registration 29. The Committee welcomes the improvement in the birth registration […]
By Valeriia Cherednichenko, PhD researcher in Advanced Studies in Human Rights at Charles III University of Madrid (Spain) The majority of the applications for the statelessness status in Spain come from applicants of Western Saharan origin, or Sahrawis. However, this […]
By Moses Matthew Mwanza — VARIOUS stakeholders have challenged Operation Kimbunga’s way of seizing aliens in the regions of Geita, Kagera and Kigoma, areas where the operation has been hailed as highly successful. Venance Muhabuki (47), a resident of Karagwe, […]
The Ngok Dinka have openly declared their intention to conduct the Abyei area community referendum, saying they see “no light at the end of the tunnel”. The decision emerged after Friday’s general conference for the Ngok Dinka community, which was […]
A Christian has been jailed in Khartoum, Sudan for declining to leave the country after authorities revoked his Sudanese citizenship, sources said. Read more.
CMW/C/MAR/CO/1 Concluding observations on the initial report of Morocco adopted by the Committee at its nineteenth session 37.The Committee recognizes the efforts made by the State party to ensure that migrant workers have access to birth registration. However, the Committee […]
By Ilse de Lange Herbert Baluku spent six years of his adult life in jail and was released from a South African deportation centre only after two urgent court applications. His only “crime” was not being able to prove citizenship […]
By Billy Ntaote MASERU — Eyob Asemie, a businessman of Ethiopian origin who had his Lesotho citizenship revoked is now stateless and appealing for intervention from the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR). He wants to regain his […]
An official crackdown on undocumented migrants in Tanzania has sparked a wave of attacks against Malawians living there, causing many to flee for home. In recent weeks, hundreds of returnees, some still recovering from the beatings they received, have been […]
Submission to 17th UPR session, reviewed on 22 October 2013 (document is undated), including information on legal reform and domestication of the international statelessness conventions, and on birth registration and preservation of identity. Download from OHCHR website.
Deux cents familles venues du Rwanda se sont installées dans une zone de la province du Nord-Kivu contrôlée par le Mouvement du 23-Mars (M23). S’agit-il de réfugiés rwandais ou de Tutsis congolais ? L’incertitude demeure et la polémique enfle. L’incertitude […]
The Ketebo ethnic group of Ikwoto county in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state are petitioning the state’s parliament against “attempts to exclude” them from the list of ethnic communities living in the state and in the young nation. Read more.