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Southern Sudan Referendum Act 2009

Published: 21/Feb/2010

Voter’s Eligibility 25. The voter shall meet the following conditions: 1) Born to parents both or one of them belonging to one of the indigenous communities that settled in Southern Sudan on or before the 1st of January 1956, or […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Cameroon, 2010

Published: 18/Feb/2010
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/CMR/CO/2 Fifty-third session, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Cameroon Birth registration 33. The Committee notes the ongoing review process of birth registration […]

Morocco: Sahrawi Activists’ Passports Returned

Published: 16/Feb/2010
Source: Human Rights Watch

(Washington, DC) – Morocco’s return of confiscated passports this week to activists living in Western Sahara and the renewal of others is a positive step, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should ensure that no one is prevented from […]

Loi No 2010 – 023 du 11 février 2010 abrogeant et remplaçant certaines dispositions de la loi 61-112 du 12 juin 1961 portant Code de la nationalité mauritanienne

Published: 11/Feb/2010

Modifications principales (entr’autres): Article 9 supprimé (double droit de sol). Article 13 (nouveau): Peut opter pour la nationalité mauritanienne dans l’année précédant sa majorité l’enfant né à l’étranger d’une mère mauritanienne et d’un père de nationalité étrangère. Article 31 (nouveau): […]

Sudan: Child Act 2010

Published: 10/Feb/2010

Art.5(2)(e): “The State shall guarantee all the lawful rights of the Child, in particular his right to prove his affinity and his right to life and growth, the name, nationality, breast-feeding, custody, clothing and accommodation, and his right to education […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Burkina Faso, 2010

Published: 9/Feb/2010
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/BFA/CO/3-4 Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Burkina Faso Birth registration 34. The Committee, while noting significant efforts of the State party to increase birth registration, in particular the activities conducted […]

CEDAW Concluding Observations: Egypt, 2010

Published: 5/Feb/2010
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CEDAW/C/EGY/CO/7 Nationality 37. The Committee notes that the nationality law has been amended under Law No. 154 of 2004, which grants gender equality regarding the transfer of Egyptian nationality to the children of a man or a woman who marries […]

A Gender Perspective on Citizenship in Africa

Published: 1/Feb/2010
Source: African Arguments

by Amanda Gouws So far the debate has focused on citizenship as a status within the borders of certain nation states in Africa and the dire consequences of the inability to obtain such status. Yet, legal rights and identity documents […]

Law No. 24 of 2010 on the Provisions of Libyan Nationality

Published: 28/Jan/2010

Repeals and replaces Law No. 17 of 1954 and Law No. 18 of 1980. Arabic: Libya Nationality Law No 24 2010 AR Unofficial English translation: Libya Nationality Law No 24 2010 EN (Note that this translation was slightly revised in […]

Morocco: Lift Travel Restrictions on Sahrawi Activists

Published: 26/Jan/2010
Source: Human Rights Watch

(Rabat) – Morocco should immediately end an effective ban on foreign travel against selected Sahrawi activists, Human Rights Watch said today. Since August 2009, the government has revived this arbitrary and repressive measure, which it had used frequently more than […]

Kenya: Mahamud Muhumed Sirat v Ali Hassan Abdirahman & 2 others

Published: 22/Jan/2010
Source: High Court of Kenya (Nairobi)

Mahamud Muhumed Sirat v Ali Hassan Abdirahman & 2 others [2010] eKLR Election Petition 15 of 2008 IN THE MATTER OF: THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT, CAP 7 AND REGULATIONS MADE THEREUNDER AND IN THE MATTER OF: THE […]