Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Côte d’Ivoire/ Etablissement de la CNI : Ouattara délivre gratuitement les pièces administratives aux populations

juin 5, 2020 1:49 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Côte d’Ivoire/ Etablissement de la CNI : Ouattara délivre gratuitement les pièces administratives aux populations

Pendant trois (3) mois, les Ivoiriens et Ivoiriennes âgées de 16 ans et plus, pourront se faire établir gratuitement leurs différentes pièces administratives nécessaires pour l’établissement de leur carte d’identité et/ou leur permettra de s’inscrire sur la liste électorale pour […]


Côte d’Ivoire: Un comité de promotion des déclarations des faits d’Etat civil et de lutte contre l’Apatridie crée à Ouragahio

juin 4, 2020 2:06 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Côte d’Ivoire: Un comité de promotion des déclarations des faits d’Etat civil et de lutte contre l’Apatridie crée à Ouragahio

Gagnoa – Un Comité sous-préfectoral de promotion des déclarations des faits d’Etat civil et de Lutte contre l’Apatridie (CLAPEC) a été officiellement mis en place mercredi à Ouragahio (17 km de Gagnoa), sous l’autorité du sous-préfet et la houlette de […]


Ghana: Compilation of new voter register brouhaha: We have the right to vote?

juin 3, 2020 6:52 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Ghana: Compilation of new voter register brouhaha: We have the right to vote?

Columnist: Nukunu Foga As Electoral Commission of Ghana prepares to embark on voter registration for the 2020 general elections, some misguided or misinformed Ghanaians have started pointing figures at some Ghanaians calling them foreigners. For instance, a cousin to the […]


Unblocking access to citizenship in the global South: Should the process be decentralised?

juin 3, 2020 11:50 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Unblocking access to citizenship in the global South: Should the process be decentralised?

By Bronwen Manby More than one third of global migration has low and middle income countries as the destination;  three-quarters of the global refugee population is hosted by countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America and the Caribbean. Yet few […]


Zimbabwe: Birth certificate concern in rural Matabeleland – Scores fail to access Covid-19 relief funds

juin 2, 2020 2:56 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zimbabwe: Birth certificate concern in rural Matabeleland – Scores fail to access Covid-19 relief funds

By Mthabisi Tshuma SOME rural folk in Zimbabwe remain excluded from social amenities due to the lack of official identity documents. Birth registration allows one to enjoy a lot of other rights such as the right to education, health, social […]


We’ve issued identity numbers to 41 million Nigerians –NIMC

mai 26, 2020 7:51 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur We’ve issued identity numbers to 41 million Nigerians –NIMC

Ife Ogunfuwa The National Identity Management Commission says it has enrolled and issued 41 million Nigerians with National Identity Number as of today. The Director-General at the NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, in an interview with journalists, said enrolment was ongoing for […]


South Africa: High Court rules unmarried fathers can register children’s births

mai 24, 2020 7:39 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: High Court rules unmarried fathers can register children’s births

Lawyers for Human Rights (“LHR”) welcomes the judgment handed on 19 May 2020 by Rugunanan J of the Makhanda High Court where it confirmed the right of unmarried fathers to register the births of their children. This appeal follows the […]


South Africa: Unmarried dads can now register their children’s birth

mai 21, 2020 5:36 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: Unmarried dads can now register their children’s birth

By Ray Hartle The legal ban on an unmarried father registering his child’s birth has been lifted by three judges of the high court in Makhanda, changing the status of countless “invisible” children whose births are not reflected on the […]


South Africa: Court victory for “invisible, undocumented children”

mai 20, 2020 11:29 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: Court victory for “invisible, undocumented children”

Fathers to be able to register the births of their children without the mother being present or giving consent By Tania Broughton In a victory for “invisible, undocumented children”, unwed fathers will soon be able to register the births of […]


Tchad : adoption de la Loi portant organisation de l’état civil

mai 20, 2020 11:16 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Tchad : adoption de la Loi portant organisation de l’état civil

Les députés ont adopté mercredi à l’Assemblée nationale, la Loi portant organisation de l’état civil au Tchad. La plénière, présidée par Dr. Haroun Kabadi, a eu lieu en présence notamment du ministre en charge de la sécurité, Mahamat Abali Salah. […]


South Africa: Centre for Child Law v Director-General, Department of Home Affairs and Others

mai 19, 2020 5:42 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: Centre for Child Law v Director-General, Department of Home Affairs and Others

(CA 319/2018) ; [2020] ZAECGHC 43 (19 May 2020) [Extract from Centre for Child Law pre-hearing summary: The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) brought the case of Naki and Others v Director General: Department of Home Affairs and Another (Case No […]


Zimbabwe: Registrar General suspended

mai 16, 2020 10:14 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zimbabwe: Registrar General suspended

Zvamaida Murwira, Senior Reporter The Public Service Commission (PSC) has suspended without salary and allowances Registrar-General Clemence Masango who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office as a public officer after he allegedly instructed CMED to buy a double […]