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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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/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/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/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 […]
Providing for registration of births and deaths in Zanzibar and repealing the former law. Download: Tanzania Zanzibar BDRA 2006
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 […]
Conclusion No. 106 (LVII) – 2006, 56th session. Contained in United Nations General Assembly document A/AC.96/1035 Read on UNHCR website.
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 […]
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 […]