CRC/C/15/Add.269 Fortieth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Algeria Birth registration 35. The Committee emphasizes that the birth registration system should be equally accessible to all parents in the whole […]
Most of Batswana – especially women – place too much trust in foreigners and end up in marriages undergone to acquire Botswana citizenship. The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Major General Moeng Pheto, says there is a growing trend […]
Zimbabwe Country Report Presented to the Eastern and Southern Africa Conference on Universal Birth Registration “Improving Services to Protect the Rights of Children”, Mombasa, Kenya, 26 – 30 September 2005. Download: Zimbabwe_Country_Report_Birth_Reg_2005
Part III amends Articles 14-17 in Chapter III of the 1995 Constitution on citizenship, relating to dual citizenship and naturalisation; Part XVI, Art 48, amends schedule three of the constitution, to add ethnic groups to the list of those considered […]
Amends sections 22 and 23 of the constitution on freedom of movement and non-discrimination. Amendment of section 22 of Constitution Section 22 (“Protection of freedom of movement”) of the Constitution is amended: (a) in subsection (3)(a) by the deletion of […]
[Abrogée par la Loi n° 2016-09 du 14 mars 2016 instituant une carte d’identité biométrique CEDEAO] EXPOSE DES MOTIFS Le présent projet de loi a pour vocation d’abroger les dispositions de la dernière loi sur la carte nationale d’identité qui sont […]
Ijeoma Nwachukwu, “The Challenge of Local Citizenship for Human Rights in Nigeria”, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, September 2005 Volume 13, Issue 2, Page 235-261 Access to “citizenship” – the guarantee of rights between an individual and a […]
Perception and Practice in Addis Ababa and the Regional States of Oromia, Amhara and SNNPR, Ethiopia Given that Ethiopia is one of the few countries in the world with no birth registration system, the births of around 2.9 million children […]
Provides procedures for acquisition of Rwandan nationality by naturalisation, marriage or declaration, according to Organic Law No. 29/2004 of 3 December 2004. Download file here.
Loi n° 61-415 du 14 Décembre 1961 portant Code de la nationalité ivoirienne (telle que modifiée par la loi No.64-381 du 7 octobre 1964, la loi No.72-852 du 21 Décembre 1972, et la Loi No.2004-662 du 17 décembre 2004 et […]
Adopted 2005; not yet in force. Among other things, provides for visa free travel among the SADC states, but for residence and establishment of businesses to be subject to permission; as well as for each state to establish a population […]
Extract: “Clause 20 of the bill Under paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Constitution, adults who have been lawful permanent residents of Zimbabwe since the end of 1985 are entitled to be registered as voters and to vote in […]