1. The Complainant, an NGO that has Observer Status with the African Commission and is based in Zambia, is bringing this complaint against a State Party to the Charter, Zambia. 2. The Complainant alleges that the Zambian government has enacted […]
Article 6 “A child has a right to Rwandese citizenship according to the law. A child born of a Rwandese mother with a father who is a foreigner is automatically a Rwandan citizen.” Download on REFWORLD.
By Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch The Journal of African History, Vol. 42, No. 2 (2001), pp. 285-305 Abstract: The French in West Africa remained deeply ambivalent in regard to applying naturalization policies to their African subjects. Applying a distinction between ‘citizenship’ and […]
Resolution No. 216, adopted on 28 March 2001 by the Council of the League of Arab States at the Thirteenth Arab Summit, held at Amman on 27 and 28 March 2001 […] 15. Children’s civil rights and citizenship rights must […]
CRC/C/15/Add.147 Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Lesotho Birth registration 29. The Committee is concerned at low levels of birth registration and, […]
THE GOVERNMENT crackdown on “aliens” signalled by the declaration of four prominent personalities in Tanzanian politics as “non-citizens” has sent shock waves through the country’s border regions, where thousands of people of foreign origin could face deportation. Estimates put the […]
Dar es Salaam, Tanzanie (PANA 8Fev2001) — Une des quatre personnalités éminentes dont le gouvernement tanzanien n’a pas reconnu la semaine dernière la nationalité, envisage d’intenter une action en justice pour contrecarrer ce verdict. “Je ne vais ni demander un […]
Article 28: Tout candidat à la Présidence de la République doit être exclusivement de nationalité sénégalaise, jouir de ses droits civils et politiques, être âgé de 35 ans au moins le jour du scrutin. Il doit savoir écrire, lire et […]
By ONKEMETSE TSHOSA Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Botswana International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 2001, Vol. 5, pp. 189-202 ABSTRACT The principle of non-discrimination takes a pivotal position in human rights debate both nationally and internationally. Elaborate […]
par Stanislas Bucyalimwe Mararo Abstract in English, Article in French: The present study stems from three obvious facts. One: Northern Kivu is the only province in the DRC that suffered from an uninterrupted war in the last nine years (1993-2002). […]
Francis M Deng, “Ethnic Marginalization as Statelessness: Lessons from the Great Lakes Region of Africa”, in Citizenship Today: Global Perspectives and Practices, edited T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Douglas Klusmeyer, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2001 Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wpkc2.12 Introduction: IN […]
Repeals and replaces the Ghana Nationality Act, 1971 (Act 361) as amended. Act as published in Government Gazette: here (PDF, 1022 kb) “Clean” PDF including Immigration Regulations 2001, Citizenship Regulations 2001, and schedule of forms: Ghana Citizenship Act 2000 and Regulations 2001