Final Communiqué of the 18th Extraordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Published: 7/Aug/2015
Source: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Paragraph 11 notes that “The Commission further considered and adopted the draft Protocol on the Right to Nationality”.

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Background to the adoption of the draft protocol can be found in the Intersession Activity Reports by Madam Maya Sahli-Fadel, Commissioner/ Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa, available at the website of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in particular in the report to the 56th ordinary session.

Themes: Acquisition of nationality, African standards, Statelessness
Regions: Pan Africa
Year: 2015