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Assembly of the African Union: Decision on the draft legal instruments

Published: 18/Feb/2024
Source: African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government

ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION Thirty-Seventh Ordinary Session 17 – 18 February 2024 Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA Assembly/AU/Dec. 866-902(XXXVII) Assembly/AU/Decl.1- 4 (XXXVII) Assembly/AU/Res.1- 2 (XXXVII) Assembly/AU/Dec.885 (XXXVII) 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 17-18 February 2024, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia […]

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Relating to the Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa, 2024

Published: 18/Feb/2024
Source: African Union

Adopted 18 February 2024 by the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.885(XXXVII) (text of the protocol published online 4 October 2024). English: ACHPR-Protocol-Nationality+Eradication-Statelessness-2024-EN French: CADHP-Protocole-nationalite+eradication-apatridie-2024-FR Download from AU website in all the languages: https://au.int/en/treaties/protocol-african-charter-human-and-peoples-rights-relating-specific-aspects-right […]

Ugandans in diaspora to register for National Identity Cards (IDs)

Published: 15/Feb/2024
Source: Parliament of Uganda

Ugandans living in the diaspora will be able to register online for new or renewal of National Identity Cards (IDs), when the mass enrollment for the exercise commences in June this year, the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. […]

Executive Council of the African Union: Decision on the Reports of the Specialised Technical Committees and other Ministerial Meetings

Published: 15/Feb/2024
Source: Executive Council of the African Union

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Forty Fourth Ordinary Session 14 – 15 February 2024 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia EX.CL/Dec.1233-1264(XLIV) DECISIONS […] VI THE 8TH AND 9TH EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS, and 9TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS AND CONSIDERATION […]

Uganda: Registration for upgraded national IDs to start June 2024

Published: 13/Feb/2024
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By Elizabeth Kamurungi Mass enrolment to register or renew expiring Identity Cards (IDs) of close to 30 million Ugandans is expected to start June 1, a year later than the original date, internal affairs state minister Gen David Muhoozi, told […]

Digital ID in Kenya: An Advisory Policy Paper providing a roadmap to the implementation of a Rights Respecting Digital ID Regime in Kenya

Published: 31/Jan/2024
Source: Amnesty International Kenya & Strathmore University

Introduction The Government of Kenya has prioritised improvement of service delivery to its citizens through leveraging Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the reform strategy/agenda. Many of the services are also revenue streams for the government that it intends to […]

Zimbabwe: Citizenship (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (No. 23)

Published: 30/Jan/2024

SI 2024-008 IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has, in terms of section 22 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 4:01], made the following regulations:— 1. These regulations may be cited as […]