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Kenya: Final Report of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission

Published: 5/Mar/2013
Source: Kenya Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission

The Final Report of the Truth, Justice & Reconciliation Commission of Kenya (2013), available at https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/tjrc-core/. Final Report, Vol.IIC. Chapter 3 considers the situation of Minority Groups, Indigenous People and Gross Violation of Human Rights, including access to citizenship. An […]

Zimbabweans’ (mostly) tolerant views on citizenship

Published: 1/Mar/2013
Source: Afrobarometer

Citizenship is about the right to belong to a state and enjoy its rights while also fulfilling obligations. Without citizenship, a person can neither vote nor be voted into public office. Such statelessness has, in many an African country, been […]

Are Ngok Dinka of Abyei South Sudanese?

Published: 1/Mar/2013
Source: Sudan Tribune

By Luka Biong Deng The question of whether the Ngok Dinka of Abyei are citizens of South Sudan may seem strange to most people, who would answer it in the affirmative. But it seems a difficult question to a few, […]

Statelessness and nationality in South Africa

Published: 1/Mar/2013
Source: Lawyers for Human Rights

In South Africa, which had the highest number of new asylum-seekers in the world in 2008, stateless migrants are inevitably present. What is surprising is that many people born on South African territory are also unable to access nationality in […]

CERD Concluding Observations: Algeria, 2013

Published: 20/Feb/2013
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CERD/C/DZA/CO/15-19 B.Positive aspects 4.The Committee welcomes the constitutional review of 22 April 2002, which resulted in the establishment of the Amazigh language as a national language. […] 8.It welcomes the amendments made to the Nationality Code in February 2006 allowing […]

Experts to discuss stronger value for citizen rights in Nigeria

Published: 19/Feb/2013
Source: premiumtimes.ng

The real content of citizenship rights in the country is the theme of a high-level colloquium organized for Wednesday, February 20, in Abuja, to help remedy what constitutional experts believe is one of the major weaknesses of the Nigerian constitution […]

Dual citizenship encouraging corruption in S. Sudan

Published: 16/Feb/2013
Source: Sudan Tribune

South Sudanese citizens possessing dual citizenship in outside countries remain the impetus behind corruption practices in the new nation, a senior member of South Sudan ruling party (SPLM) has said. Franco Douth Diu, the SPLM secretary for Leer County in […]

S. Sudan launches compulsory civil registration at childbirth

Published: 13/Feb/2013
Source: Sudan Tribune

February 13, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan on Wednesday launched plans for compulsory civil registration at childbirth, in an attempt to count and account for every South Sudanese citizen. The exercise was launched at a seminar in the South Sudan […]

Lesotho: Eyob Belay Asemie v P.S. Ministry of Home Affairs and Others

Published: 13/Feb/2013
Source: Lesotho High Court

(CIV/APN/519/12) [2013] LSHC 19 (13 February 2013) Summary Application to interdict respondent from denying applicant use of regular passport and to review and set aside the declaration of the passport as null and void to be irregular, unconstitutional and unlawful […]

Researching Palestinian refugees in the Arab World: the case of Egypt

Published: 9/Feb/2013
Source: Academia.Edu

By Oroub el Abed Abstract The several flows of Palestinians who arrived in Egypt due to established fear of wars or due to professional and socio-economic reasons in the years 1948, 1956 and 1967 endeavoured to integrate in the Egyptian […]