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Niger begins expelling nomad Arabs to Chad

Published: 26/Oct/2006
Source: AFP

NIAMEY, Oct 26, 2006 (AFP) – The west African state of Niger has started expelling nomadic Mahamid Arabs, the governor of the remote Diffa region said Thursday while government officials in Niamey sought to ease concerns at the measure. “The […]

Niamey veut expulser les Arabes Mahamides au Tchad

Published: 26/Oct/2006
Source: RFI

par Antonio  Garcia Selon un député nigérien cité par l’Agence France Presse, Nyamey aurait pris des mesures pour expulser au Tchad des dizaines de milliers de Mahamides, une communauté arabe installée depuis des décennies dans la région frontalière. Les autorités […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Benin, 2006

Published: 20/Oct/2006
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/BEN/CO/2 Forty-third session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Benin Birth registration 35. While noting the measures undertaken to implement the Committee’s previous recommendation, including the establishment of Registry Offices at […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Senegal, 2006

Published: 20/Oct/2006
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/SEN/CO/2 Forty-third session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Senegal Birth registration 30. The Committee welcomes the efforts made to promote birth registration, such as the Birth registration campaign and the […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Republic of the Congo, 2006

Published: 20/Oct/2006

CRC/C/COG/CO/1 Birth registration and identity 33.  While welcoming the law in which birth registration has become compulsory, the Committee expresses concern at the fact that a large number of children have still not been registered.  The Committee is also concerned […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Swaziland, 2006

Published: 16/Oct/2006
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/SWZ/CO/1 Forty-third session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Swaziland Right to nationality 32.  While noting that the Constitution addresses the right to identity, the Committee is nevertheless concerned that the […]

Libya: Stemming the Flow: Abuses Against Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Published: 12/Sep/2006
Source: Human Rights Watch

Not long ago, Libya opened its doors to foreigners. Eager for cheap labor, the Libyan government and its leader Mu`ammar al-Qadhafi welcomed Africans in the spirit of pan-African solidarity. Those days are gone. Around 2000, the government began fearing that […]

Press Release: Libya: Migrants Abused, But Europe Turns Blind Eye

Published: 12/Sep/2006
Source: Human Rights Watch

EU Countries Must Press Libya to Protect Migrants, Asylum Seekers, Refugees The Libyan government subjects migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to serious human rights abuses, including beatings, arbitrary arrests and forced return, Human Rights Watch said in a report released […]

CEDAW Concluding Observations: DRC, 2006

Published: 25/Aug/2006

CEDAW/C/COD/CO/5 Extract: “31. While welcoming article 5 of the new legislation on nationality, which enables women to transmit Congolese nationality through filiation in the same way as men, the Committee regrets that article 30 provides that women cannot retain their […]