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 […]
CROSS-BORDER DIARIES, Issue 10 This issue focuses on the Karakoro basin, situated in the pre-Sahelian zone between Mali and Mauritania. Local border populations and their respective governors are demonstrating a strong commitment to border development. Farming, sedentary and transhumant livestock […]
Chapter VI provides for citizenship. Download file here.
Art 1: “L’acquisition de la citoyenneté économique par décision de l’autorité publique résulte d’une décision accordée à la demande d’une personne majeure ayant la qualité de partenaire économique du Gouvernement des Comores” Télécharger (Al Watwan, p.2): Loi relative à la […]
By Rumbidzai Dube Identity documents are tags reflective of an individual’s history and heritage. Without identity documents individuals fall into a bureaucratic limbo as procedures for telling who they are, where they are from, and to whom they are connected […]