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Double nationalité : Le législateur mauritanien autorise la double nationalité

Published: 26/Dec/2009
Source: Cridem (Carrefour de la République Islamique de Mauritanie)

La loi 61 112 du 2 juin 1961 privait, automatiquement, de sa nationalité, tout mauritanien titulaire par naturalisation d’une nationalité étrangère. L’assemblée nationale mauritanienne, réuni en plénière vendredi 25 décembre, a abrogé la disposition rendant impossible la double nationalité. L’article […]

Sahrawi human rights activist returns home after hunger strike

Published: 18/Dec/2009
Source: Amnesty International

Amnesty International has welcomed the news that Aminatou Haidar, a Sahrawi human rights activist who has spent the past month on hunger strike in Lanzarote airport, has returned home and been reunited with her children. Aminatou Haidar said that she […]

Secretary General’s report on human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality

Published: 14/Dec/2009
Source: UN General Assembly

A/HRC/13/3 The present report recalls the legal framework applicable to the right to nationality and  addresses  the  issue  of  the  prohibition  of  arbitrary  deprivation  of  nationality.  It  emphasizes  that  States  have  an  obligation  to  implement  fully  the  principle  of  non-discrimination,  […]

Citizenship and land: a potent relationship

Published: 14/Dec/2009
Source: African Arguments

By Lucy Hovil Recent research in Burundi on the repatriation of refugees has highlighted the strong link between land and citizenship. The research (“Two People Can’t Share the Same Pair of Shoes: Citizenship, Land and the Return of Refugees to […]

Foreign husbands can now get citizenship

Published: 11/Dec/2009
Source: The Nation (Kenya)

Kenyan women will be able to secure citizenship for their foreign husbands if the harmonised draft constitution is enacted. The draft says this includes those who are already married. The men will only secure citizenship if they have been married […]

Uganda Citizenship Regulations, 2009

Published: 4/Dec/2009

Establishing procedures for registration of citizenship, including by an adopted child, and for permission to hold dual citizenship. Download: Uganda Citizenship Regulations 2009 (draft) As published in the Government Gazette (SI 2009 No.63): Uganda Citizenship Regulations (scan: 2MB)

Somalia: Constitution of Puntland State 2009

Published: 1/Dec/2009

Extracts: Article 5 – THE PEOPLE 1. Citizens of Puntland are all those who are Puntlanders by birth and all others who acquire the status of Puntlander in accordance with the law. 2. Special law shall define the requirements to […]

Tanzania Law of the Child Act No.21 of 2009

Published: 20/Nov/2009

An Act to provide for reform and consolidation of laws relating to children, to stipulate rights of the child and to promote, protect and maintain the welfare of a child with a view to giving effect to international and regional […]

Namibia: Children’s right to citizenship

Published: 20/Nov/2009
Source: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

By Faith Chipepera and Katharina G Ruppel-Schlichting “The aim of this paper is to determine how children form part of Namibian citizenry: for example, in what ways do children acquire such status? What requirements need to be met before they […]

Morocco: Reverse Expulsion of Sahrawi Activist

Published: 19/Nov/2009
Source: Human Rights Watch

(New York) – Morocco must reverse its expulsion of Sahrawi rights activist Aminatou Haidar and allow her to enter her country of nationality, Human Rights Watch said today. Spain must intercede with Morocco to ensure her return, Human Rights Watch […]

Birth Registration Plan Best for Kenya

Published: 17/Nov/2009
Source: The Star (Nairobi)

By Adam Hussein Adam On the requirement to make birth registration compulsory for enrolment in school. Download file (scan): here.