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CRC Concluding Observations: Guinea-Bissau. 2002

Published: 13/Jun/2002
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/15/Add.177 Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Name and nationality 28.  Noting the significant efforts by the State party to improve birth registration, the Committee remains concerned that not all children are registered […]

Zimbabwe: Manwere v. Registrar General and Another

Published: 5/Jun/2002
Source: High Court of Zimbabwe (Harare)

HH 87-2002HC 4448/02 Declaring that the applicant is a citizen of Zimbabwe and should be issued a passport. Download: Manwere vs Registrar General High Court 2002

Somaliland Citizenship Law No 22 of 2002

Published: 3/Jun/2002

Law on citizenship for the unrecognised state of Somaliland. Article 2: Citizenship by birth 1. A Somaliland citizen by birth is anyone whose father is a descendent of persons who resided in the territory of Somaliland on 26 June 1960 […]

State Report of Seychelles to the CRC, 2002

Published: 3/May/2002
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Committee on the Rights of the Child Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Initial reports of States parties due in 1995 Seychelles Extract: A. Right to a name, nationality and identity (art. 7) […]

Zimbabwe: More information on citizenship issues (April 2002)

Published: 19/Apr/2002
Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)

Further to the explanation we issued in early March concerning citizenship and voting issues, we provide more information of relevance on citizenship issues. This is general information and is not intended to be regarded as “legal advice”. It is important […]

CEDAW: Initial State Report of the Republic of the Congo, 2002

Published: 8/Apr/2002
Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CEDAW/C/COG/1-5 ________________________________________ Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Initial, second, third, fourth and fifth periodic report of States parties Republic of Congo Extract: […]

CRC Concluding Observations: Gabon, 2002

Published: 3/Apr/2002
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/15/Add.171 Twenty-ninth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Gabon Birth registration 29. While taking note of the obligation to register officially all births and the process of computerizing these registries, […]

ZLHR Statement: The Path to Disenfranchisement: 2002 Presidential Elections

Published: 13/Mar/2002
Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights / Pambazuka News

The starting point is section 3(1) of Schedule 3 to the Constitution of Zimbabwe, which states that there are two categories of voters entitled to vote in a presidential election, namely: a) citizens b) persons who, since 31st December 1985, […]

Registrar General of Elections and Others v. Tsvangirai

Published: 27/Feb/2002
Source: Supreme Court of Zimbabwe

(30/2002) [2002] ZWSC 12 CHIDYAUSIKU CJ: The respondent in this case launched a court application in the High Court in which he sought the following relief: “IT IS ORDERED THAT:- In order to comply with Schedule 3 paragraph 3 of […]

Advice from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights

Published: 26/Feb/2002
Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)

If you successfully filed your notice of appeal in response to the Registrar’s Notice that he will strike you off the voters roll READ ON – to the end! You WILL be called to the magistrates court. The notices of […]