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State report of Ghana to the CRC

Published: 14/Jul/2005
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child / Ghana

Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Second periodic reports of states parties due in 1997 Ghana Download file: here

Burkina Faso: 62 naturalisations en 2005

Published: 11/Jul/2005
Source: Sidwaya Quotidien / Ministere de la Justice, Burkina Faso

Communique de presse Dcpm Ministère De La Justice Avec le décret n° 2005-243/PRES/PM/MJ du 10 mai 2005, 62 ressortissants de pays frères ou amis ayant choisi librement de vivre au Burkina sont désormais rangés au même registre, en droit et […]

Sudan Interim Constitution, 2005

Published: 6/Jul/2005

Article 7 on Citizenship and Nationality provides: (1) Citizenship shall be the basis for equal rights and duties for all Sudanese. (2) Every person born to a Sudanese mother or father shall have an inalienable right to enjoy Sudanese nationality […]

Plans for African passport shelved for now

Published: 5/Jul/2005
Source: BuaNews (South African government)

by Richard Mantu (Sirte) Plans for Africa to start issuing a unique passport must be put on hold to allow necessary measures to be put in place first, says the head of the African Union (AU) Commission. Addressing the opening […]

Report of the African Union conference of ministers on immigration

Published: 2/Jul/2005
Source: Executive Council of the African Union

AU Document EX.CL/197, adopted by the Executive Council at its Seventh Ordinary Session, Sirte, Libya 28 June – 2 July 2005 Endorses the proposal for an African passport, and calls for the elaboration of a protocol on deportation and mass […]

Ministers agree African diplomatic passport concept

Published: 30/Jun/2005
Source: PANA

Sirte, Libya (PANA) – African immigration ministers have accepted “in principle” the concept of an African Diplomatic Passport, and recommended consultations ahead of its introduction. The ministers said in a report the proposed diplomatic passport should be limited to specified […]

Gambia Children’s Act, 2005

Published: 23/Jun/2005

The Gambia Children’s Act recognises that every child has the right ‘to acquire nationality’ (Article 8). The act holds that birth registration shall be done in accordance with the relevant law (7(2), namely the Birth, Death and Marriage Registration Act). Section […]

AU Ministers weigh Kadhafi appeal for African passport

Published: 19/Jun/2005
Source: AFP

TRIPOLI, June 19 (AFP) – African Union officials agreed to consider a proposal by Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to create an African passport to allow freer movement on the continent, the AU said Sunday in a statement. Kadhafi called on […]

Zimbabwe: Judge delivers landmark ruling on citizenship case

Published: 16/Jun/2005
Source: ZimOnline

BULAWAYO – A High Court judge has declared a Bulawayo lawyer born of foreign parents a citizen of Zimbabwe in a landmark ruling certain to come as a relief to thousands of individuals denied citizenship in the last five years […]

African ministers push for protocol on deportation, mass expulsion

Published: 10/Jun/2005
Source: PANA

Sirte, Libya (PANA) – Mass expulsion and deportations in Africa have often not respected human rights provisions, African ministers on immigration have observed in a report on the free movement of people on the continent. They noted that while the […]