By David MUKENDI Congolese voters are hoping the government keeps its promise to produce new ID cards for the first time in decades after preparations for December elections finally offered them official documents. National ID cards were last issued in […]
Extract from introduction: [A]fter almost three years since the Makonde become Kenyan citizens, Peace Tree network (PTN) carried out a survey to examine the socioeconomic impact of citizenship on the community with a view of first, establishing gaps where PTN […]
BILL To provide for compilation and maintenance of a Civil Register; to provide for appointment of Registrar-General and Registrars; to determine age of certain persons recorded in the Civil Register in accordance with this Act; to provide for name changes […]
Le jeudi 15 juin 2023, un Conseil des Ministres s’est tenu de 11h00 à 13h00, au Palais de la Présidence de la République à Abidjan, sous la présidence de Son Excellence Monsieur Alassane OUATTARA, Président de la République, Chef de […]
Extrait: A/– MESURES GENERALES PROJETS DE LOI 1. Au titre du Ministère de la Justice et des Droits de l’Homme ; Le Conseil a adopté deux (02) projets de loi : * le premier projet de loi modifie la loi […]
Download: Rwanda Population_registration_in_the_national_single_digital_identity_system__Law_no_029_of_2023 See also: Ministerial Order N° 001/MINICT/24 OF 22/01/2024 relating to the Single Digital Identity Coordination Council
The automatic loss of South African citizenship after gaining citizenship of another country has been ruled to be unconstitutional By Tania Broughton Since 1995, South Africans who gained citizenship of another country lost their South African citizenship automatically. A case […]
By Kamau Muthoni A lobby group has asked the High Court to bar the government from launching a new digital identification system citing a waste of public funds. Operation Linda Jamii in its case filed on Wednesday argues that the […]
Case (67/2022) [2023] ZASCA 97 (13 June 2023) MEDIA SUMMARY OF JUDGMENT DELIVERED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL From: The Registrar, Supreme Court of Appeal Date: 13 June 2023 The following summary is for the benefit of the media […]
By Cebelihle Bhengu The SCA ruled that legislation, which led to the loss of SA citizenship when acquiring other citizenship, was irrational and unconstitutional. The legislation required that South Africans receive permission from the home affairs minister to retain their […]
Section VII. B. Alleged violation of the right to nationality 72. The Applicant submits that the right to nationality must be assessed in relation to the effective enjoyment of all the benefits thereof, including the right to be issued all […]
UNHCR press release: Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality laws Webpage for the summit. Download interventions from African states and NGOs: Address by Mrs. Williametta E. Saydee-Tarr, Minister of Gender, Children & Social Protection, Liberia Remarks by […]