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 […]
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 […]
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)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
By Adam Hussein Adam On the requirement to make birth registration compulsory for enrolment in school. Download file (scan): here.
CRC/C/MOZ/CO/2 Twenty-ninth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Mozambique Birth registration 37. The Committee welcomes the efforts undertaken by the State party to increase birth registration, in particular the adoption […]
Nigeria has approved citizenship status for about 7,000 Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees in the West African country. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the refugees opted to remain in Nigeria after the U.N. refugee agency closed their […]
Par Abderrahman EL YESSA Résumé: En 1989, un incident sur la frontière entre le Sénégal et la Mauritanie déclenche une spirale d’émeutes xénophobes dans les deux pays. Les violences ont mené à la mise en place d’un pont aérien aux […]
Report of a Civil Society Consultation on African Union Mechanisms and the Protection of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Citizenship Rights The following report provides a narrative account of a consultation that took place in Kampala, Uganda in October 2009. […]