The act recognises the right of every child in Botswana to nationality from birth (Article 12(1)). According to the act, the child’s birth certificate, issued under Botswana’s Births and Deaths Registration Act, shall be the proof of the nationality of the child. The […]
Citing a 1956 prophecy by its Zimbabwean founder, members of the Gospel of God Church hold that Kenya is the Promised Land. By JOSEPH NGUNJIRI As popular Christian folklore, mythology and scriptures go, the place variously referred to as Canaan, […]
The law places authority for civil registration in Togo under the joint administration of the ministry of local government and the ministry of justice and provides for registration of births, marriages and deaths. The law prohibits the mention of ethnicity […]
(June 10, 2009) It was reported on May 17, 2009, that the Ugandan Parliament has passed into law a bill allowing dual citizenship and sent it to the President’s desk for signature (Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Bill of […]
Eric Ngonji Njungwe And Gregory Thorne, “Citizenship In Cameroon: Reassessing Cameroon’s Restrictive Nationality Law and the Need to Recognize Dual Nationality” CJDHR Vol. 3 No. 1 – June 2009 Abstract: In light of global trend towards more open nationality laws, […]
Report by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (an NGO distinct from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights) on discrimination against members of certain ethnic groups in the acquisition of Kenyan citizenship and national identity cards. Summary Once a neglected […]
Establishes procedures to apply for the grant of nationality based on birth in Rwanda, long residence, or Rwandan origin. Download file: Rwanda Presidential Order on procedues for application and acquisition of Rwandan nationality
By Sarah Carr CAIRO: Cairo’s Administrative Court held Tuesday that Egyptian men married to Israeli nationals should be stripped of Egyptian citizenship on “national security grounds”. The ruling obliges the interior minister to “put forward for consideration to the cabinet […]
[Unofficial translation reported in judgment of United Kingdom Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), 30 June 2011 ST (Ethnic Eritrean – nationality – return) Ethiopia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKUT 00252 (IAC), available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,GBR_UTIAC,4e1b1c2b2.html] […]
Reported by Mohamed Issa, Mike Mande and Wilfred Edwin Tanzania is to amend its constitution to support the implementation of the National Identification Cards Project across both the mainland and Zanzibar. The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania will […]
By Jessie Tannenbaum (American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative), Anthony Valcke (University of Kent, Brussels; Vesalius College; European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)), Andrew McPherson (American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative), Leah Mueller (American Bar Association Rule of Law […]
Do Sections 11(1) and 23 the Tanzania Citizenship Act violate Tanzania’s Obligations Regarding the Equality of Men and Women Under International Human Rights Law and its Own Constitution? SUMMARY: Tanzania is under international obligations to ensure that women are not […]