CRC/C/MWI/CO/2 Fiftieth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Malawi Birth registration 36. The Committee welcomes the information that a National Registration Bill shall make mandatory the registration of all births, […]
Par Jean-Pierre Tuquoi Pour renflouer les caisses de l’Etat, les autorités comoriennes ont trouvé une solution : vendre au prix fort des passeports aux étrangers en quête d’une nationalité. La recette est prometteuse, car elle rejoint une préoccupation des pétromonarchies […]
In 1989, approximately 60,000 black Mauritanians were forced out of their country after ethnic violence erupted over a border dispute between Mauritania and Senegal (UN 29 Jan. 2008; ibid. 26 Nov. 2008b). In June 2007, Mauritania’s newly elected president, Sidi […]
Excerpts from Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement of the Protocol between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement Army on the Resolution of the Abyei Conflict Download file: here
La loi sur la citoyenneté économique, qui pourrait permettre à des milliers d’apatrides koweïtiens, les bidouns, d’obtenir un passeport comorien, fait polémique. Après les pavillons de complaisance, les passeports de complaisance ? Les autorités comoriennes s’apprêtent à octroyer à tous les […]
Amendments agreed as part of the formation of a government of national unity. Repeals and replaces the chapter of constitution relating to citizenship. The amendments removed restrictions on transmission of citizenship to children born outside the country, and extended rights […]
CRC/C/TCD/CO/2 Committee on the Rights of the Child Fiftieth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: CHAD Birth registration 39. The Committee welcomes progress made with regard to the birth registration […]
CEDAW/C/LBY/CO/5 Extract: Discriminatory laws While welcoming the pledge by the State party’s delegation that Law No. 18 of 1980 on the provisions of the nationality law will be amended in order to comply with article 9 of the Convention, the […]
CEDAW/C/LBY/Q/2/Add.1 Extract: Nationality 14. Please provide information on steps taken by the Higher Committee regarding the adoption of a rule that would allow a Libyan mother to transfer her nationality to her child. Please also indicate whether the current legislation […]
Summary This report gives an overview of various personal documents issued in Sudan and Somalia, including ID cards, national identity documents, passports, birth certificates and marriage certificates. While Sudanese authorities have established relatively good registration procedures, the situation in Somalia […]
By Sibongile Ndashe and Solomon Sacco Introduction Litigating the right to non-discrimination on the ground of sex has produced mixed results in a number of African jurisdictions. In spite of the fact that courts have looked at laws that discriminate […]
By Ingrid Palmary This report outlines the situation facing children who migrate across international borders to South Africa. The report begins by outlining the policy framework that should guide migrant children’s access to rights in South Africa. This section points […]