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An Identity Crisis? Study on the Issuance of National Identity Cards in Kenya

Published: 1/Jan/2007
Source: Kenya National Commission on Human Rights

Study by the national human rights commission “precipitated by numerous complaints … alleging discrimination in the issuance of Identity Cards against residents of northern Kenya, particularly those of Somali ethnic origin.” Download file: here

Addressing Formal and Substantive Citizenship: Gender Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published: 1/Jan/2007
Source: IDRC and Kali for Women

By Celestsine Nyamu-Musembi Chapter in: Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Navsharan Singh (eds.), Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development, Ottawa and New Delhi: IDRC and Kali for Women, 2007 Original available at: https://www.idrc.ca/en/book/gender-justice-citizenship-and-development This essay presents an overview of key issues in literature […]

Burundi: Code Civil, 2006

Published: 31/Dec/2006

Texte mis a jour au 31 décembre 2006. Préliminaires Livre premier Code des personnes et de la famille Décret-Loi n° 1/024 du 28 avril 1993 portant réforme du code des personnes et de la famille Livre deuxième Des biens et […]

Sierra Leone Citizenship Amendment Act No.11 of 2006

Published: 28/Dec/2006

Amendments to the 1973 Citizenship in order to : permit a citizen of Sierra Leone to hold a citizenship of another country in addition to his citizenship of Sierra Leone; and remove gender discrimination in attribution of citizenship to children […]

Compilation of CERD Concluding Observations on discrimination in relation to the right to a nationality and against non-citizens 2002-2006

Published: 21/Dec/2006
Source: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Compilation of extracts from relevant Concluding Observations from the Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, prepared by the Open Society Justice Initiative. — Discrimination in relation to right to nationality Discrimination against non-citizens, in particular stateless persons Committee on the Elimination […]

Kenya: Refugees Act, No. 13 of 2006

Published: 30/Nov/2006

As published in Laws of Kenya, Revised 2012 The Refugees Act, 2006 makes ‘provisions for the recognition, protection and management of refugees and for connected purposes’ in Kenya. It makes no specific provision for acquisition of citizenship or permanent residence […]

CRC Concluding observations: Ethiopia, 2006

Published: 1/Nov/2006
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/ETH/CO/3 Forty-third session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Ethiopia Birth registration 31. The Committee regrets the absence of institutional structures and adequate legal framework to ensure birth registration. The Committee […]

L’expulsion des Arabes Mahamides pourrait déclencher une vague de violence

Published: 30/Oct/2006
Source: IRIN

Les autorités nigériennes ont commencé à expulser vers le Tchad quelque 4 000 Arabes Mahamides, mais cette décision pourrait déclencher une vague de violence interethnique dans le pays, selon les chefs de la communauté incriminée. Mardi dernier, Niamey, la capitale, […]

Niger suspends decision to deport Arabs to Chad

Published: 27/Oct/2006
Source: Reuters

Niger’s cabinet on Friday suspended a decision to deport thousands of Mahamid Arabs back to Chad after neighbouring countries intervened to request a halt, the communications minister said. The West African government had announced on Tuesday it would expel the […]

Niamey renonce à expulser les Arabes Mahamides

Published: 26/Oct/2006
Source: RFI

par Antonio  Garcia Le conseil des ministres réuni vendredi à Niamey a décidé d’annuler l’ordre d’expulsion de dizaines de milliers d’Arabes Mahamides vers le Tchad. Des opérations étaient en cours depuis plusieurs jours, près de la frontière, en vue du […]