This report compiles the opinions of legal experts as to the two questions asked of the experts by UNDP/Sudan, which were: With respect to defining “criteria for residency” in this context, what guiding or required principles and policies, if any, […]
The “Prato Conclusions” Expert meeting organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Prato, Italy, 27-28 May 2010 This was a first of a series of Expert Meetings convened by UNHCR in the context of the […]
Par Georges Dougueli Yaoundé l’a assuré : l’article du code de nationalité du Cameroun empêchant l’acquisition de la double nationalité a été supprimé. Reste à voter le nouveau texte. Paul Biya l’avait promis à la communauté camerounaise de France, lors […]
1. The Complaint is submitted by INTERIGHTS, Anton Katz and Max du Plessis (Complainants) on behalf of Mr Kenneth Good (victim), against the Republic of Botswana (Respondent State). 2. The Complaint states that Mr Kenneth Good, an Australian national, teaching […]
by Sarah Wambui NAIROBI, Kenya, May 18 – The Committee of Experts (CoE) has defended a clause in the Proposed Constitution that allows children aged eight and below whose nationality and parents are unknown to automatically become Kenyan citizens. In […]
Arguments on the Merits in Communication before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Submitted by the Open Society Justice Initiative, the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa and the Centre for Minority Rights Development. Link to […]
On 14 May, the Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative (CRAI), and three programmes of the Open Society Institute (AfriMAP, AU Advocacy Programme and Justice Initiative), in collaboration with Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) hosted a discussion […]
By Alex Thurston Proposed reforms to Mali’s family code have evoked Muslim protests since last summer. At that time, Muslim activists succeeded in preventing the changes from happening. Now the law is back in parliament for consideration and revision, and […]
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Maputo — Mozambicans living in Tanzanian on Friday called on the Mozambican government to clarify the question of dual nationality. Delivering a message to President Armando Guebuza, when he addressed members of the Mozambican community in Dar es Salaam, the […]
by Michaela Pelican ‘Belonging’ is a pertinent trope in Africa and beyond. However, in many parts of Africa belonging is not only understood in national terms but also, and most importantly, as belonging to a place or a group; e.g. […]
By Manuel Toledo “Kountaya was one of the biggest refugee camps in West Africa,” Sheku said, pointing at the old buildings surrounded by the Guinean jungle. After a long pause, he added, somewhat nostalgic, “while UNHCR and the other agencies […]