The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its eleventh session from 2 to 13 May 2011. The review of Sierra Leone was held at […]
Blog article by Lucy Hovil, senior researcher at the International Refugee Rights Initiative. Read on Open Society Foundations website.
On 25 May 2011, a Tripartite Commission comprised of the governments of Tanzania and Burundi and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met in Dar es Salaam to discuss the future of repatriation efforts for Burundian refugees. The situation […]
The Act provides that “Every child shall have a right to have her or his identity preserved” but does not contain any provision recognising children’s right to nationality. The Act requires the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to work with […]
Original version. The text was amended in 2012 and 2014. Download file: The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011 (PDF, 315kb)
NAIROBI, Kenya – Growing up in Kenya, Adam Hussein Adam received several attractive offers: a place on the national rugby team, a scholarship to study in New Zealand or work for international organisations in the Middle East and Somalia. He […]
The Registrar General’s office has been urged to facilitate the accessing of national identity documents by children living on the streets. Tapuwa Mutseyekwa, of UNICEF, told a recent media training workshop that swelling numbers of street children faced an impossible […]
Sudanese Nationality Act as amended following the secession of South Sudan. Download file: Sudan Nationality Law 1994 amended 2011 EN (unofficial translation by UNHCR) In Arabic: Sudan Nationality Law 1994 amended 2011 AR
By Samson A. Bezabeh, African Affairs Vol. 110, No. 441, 2011, pp: 587-606 This article investigates the dynamics and politics of citizenship in Djibouti, where the issue of who qualifies as a citizen has long been controversial. While debates about citizenship and […]
The purpose of this act is to establish a national registration body to provide the government with information related to emigration, immigration, development and national planning. The registration body is placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior, and […]
Zambia’s opposition has taken court action to declare the president ineligible for office because his father was allegedly a foreigner. Zambia’s constitution says both parents of a presidential candidate must be citizens by birth or descent. The Patriotic Front (PF) […]
Opinion Piece in the Natal Mercury by Jessica George, Lawyers for Human Rights If you spend an afternoon near the Beit Bridge border, 18km from Musina, you may encounter a group of boys playing soccer in the street. Typical teenagers, […]