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Registration of Zanzibaris Resident Act No.7 of 2005

Published: 12/May/2005

An Act to make provision for the registration of Zanzibaris resident in Zanzibar and for the issuance of identity cards and for other matters connected therewith. Download file: Registration of Zanzibaris Resident Act 7 2005

Human Rights Committee: Third periodic report of the DRC

Published: 3/May/2005

CCPR/C/COD/2005/3 Rights of the child 277. Regarding the registration of children in the civil register, article 116 of the Family Code provides that: “Any birth in the territory of the Republic must be reported to the civil registrar in the […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2005

Published: 13/Apr/2005
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/15/Add.257 Thirty-eighth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Nigeria Birth registration 36. While acknowledging the work of the National Population Commission and the African Refugee Commission whose mandate includes birth […]

Citizenship and Forced Migration in the Great Lakes Region

Published: 8/Apr/2005
Source: International Refugee Rights Initiative

Report of a Consultation on the Feasibility of a Collaborative Network-Building Project Linking Research with Program and Policy Development co-hosted by The Social Science Research Council and The International Refugee Rights Initiative The following report provides a narrative account of […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Togo, 2005

Published: 31/Mar/2005
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/15/Add.255 Thirty-eighth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Togo Birth registration and right to nationality 34. The Committee is concerned that mothers cannot pass their nationality to their children, and […]

Coming Home: Return and Reintegration in Angola

Published: 16/Mar/2005
Source: Human Rights Watch

When the Angolan army and UNITA rebel forces signed the Luena Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) on April 4, 2002, they brought an end to one of the most protracted and brutal wars of the twentieth century, a Cold War proxy […]