Background Between 1981 and 1983, the Government of Zimbabwe allowed dual citizenship. In 1983, the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Act 3 of 1983 abolished dual citizenship. Between 1983-2001, a series of amendments to the Citizenship Act were made in an […]
A group of Mauritanian exiles living in New York has come forward to accuse the former ruler of their country of “gross violations of human rights.” They are challenging their country’s justice system even as they charge the former ruler […]
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: On Africa’s northwestern coast sits Mauritania. It straddles the continent’s black African south and Arab north. From 1989 to 1991, the former French colony experienced ethnic cleansing similar to what’s happening now in Darfur, Sudan. The country’s Arab […]
CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 34.The Committee regrets that children born in Egypt of migrant workers, whether in regular or irregular situation, are not given a birth certificate by the Egyptian civil registry, in violation of article 29 of the Convention which provides that […]
Establishes the National Identity Management Commission and its powers to create a national identity database, register registrable persons, and issue identity cards. Download: Nigeria_NIMC_Act_2007
Introductory Remarks by Mrs. Julia Dolly Joiner, Commissioner for Political Affairs African Union Commission on the Launching of the African Union Diplomatic and Service Passports at the Celebration of Africa Day 25 May 2007 Download file: Introductory Remarks by Julia […]
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) Preliminary Objections Summary of the Judgment of 24 May 2007 Download file: Judgement in the Case Concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (PDF)
Council of ministers decree providing that birth registration shall be free. Download file: here
Editors: Paul Nugent, Daniel Hammett, and Sara Dorman Who belongs to the nation? How is citizenship defined? And why have such identities become so politically explosive in recent years? This book explores the instrumental manipulation of citizenship and narrowing definitions […]
CRC/C/MLI/CO/2 Forty-fourth session Concluding observations: Mali Nationality 35. The Committee is concerned that current provisions prevent children from deriving nationality from their mothers. 36. As a matter of non-discrimination and in the best interests of the child, the Committee recommends […]
By Oliver Bakewell Abstract: Migration policies inevitably rest on bureaucratic responses concerned with the use of identity papers, visas, passports and other forms of paperwork. In research looking at movement between North-West Zambia and Angola, in Zambia, a very striking […]
This note provides instructions on the use of the registers of birth documentation provided by UNICEF. Instructions sur l’utilisation des registres d’actes de naissances fournis par l’UNICEF. Télécharger: Acte de Naissance