The Security, Immigration And Refugee Affairs Authority has issued directives outlining the duties Eritreans residing in Ethiopia are required to fulfill. The Authority said in a statement that anyone bearing an Eritrean passport or possessing any document evidencing his/her being […]
Part One 1. Introduction When Eritrea became an independent country by the Referendum held in Eritrea in 1993, persons of Eritrean origin who were Ethiopian nationals became Eritrean nationals or their right to Eritrean nationality was established. Numerous persons of […]
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By Jonathan Klaaren and Bonaventure Rutinwa The report … is divided into five separate thematic chapters. The first three chapters consider issues that are foundational to the efficient working of any immigration regime: citizenship and registration law. The final two […]
The Citizenship Act No.8 of 1998 repealed and replaced the Citizenship Act 1982. This version includes amendments made in 2002 (allowing for exemption from language requirement for naturalisation) and 2004 (deleting s.13(1)(b) on naturalisation, allowing dual citizenship for children, and […]
By Charmaine Pereira Chapter in: Gender, Economies and Entitlements in Africa. CODESRIA Gender Series Volume 2. Dakar, CODESRIA, 2004, available at http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1386. Citizenship, as the relationship of the individual to the state, has been reconstructed in feminist theorizing during the […]
ACHPR Comm 249/02 : Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (on behalf of Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea) / Guinea It is alleged by the Complainant that on 9th September 2000, Guinean President Lansana Conté proclaimed over the […]
The 2003 Proclamation repeals and replaces the nationality law of 1930. It establishes a descent-based regime for attribution of citizenship at birth, removing gender discrimination in in relation to transmission of citizenship to children and spouses, and providing for a […]
By Lina Abou-Habib, in Gender and Development, Vol. 11, No. 3, Citizenship (Nov., 2003), pp. 66-75 (10 pages) Abstract: Conflict, the need to earn a livelihood, and other factors lead to international migration. Statistics on migration to and from Arab […]
CRC/C/15/Add.218 Birth registration 34. While noting the obligation to officially register all births and the various initiatives that have been taken to increase the number of birth registrations, such as the “judicial ruling operation”, the Committee remains concerned at the […]
Download/ télécharger: Décret N° 100-156 du 14 Octobre 2003
CRC/C/28/Add.21 Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Initial reports of States parties due in 1995 Liberia Download excerpt relating to nationality: here (79 kb)