Very few people attended the first day of the ZHRC public hearings at Flamboyant Hotel …as public criticises elitist approach, poor publicity By Clayton Shereni Public hearings on access to national documentation being conducted by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission […]
By Stephen Kwaku Asare | Professor at University of Florida and CDD-Ghana Democracy and Development Fellow in Public Law and Justice Ghana has declared 2019 as the “year of return” for Africans in the diaspora, as part of its commemoration […]
The CAPMAS disclosed that Egyptian males who have obtained approval to immigrate and those who have acquired immigrant status was 319, representing 82.9% of the total number of immigrants, meanwhile female immigrants were 66, representing only 17.1% from the total number. […]
Le Président Alassane Ouattara a promulgué le 26 juin 2019, la nouvelle loi instituant une nouvelle carte nationale biométrique en Côte d’Ivoire, dont le coût sera de 5 000 FCFA. Obligatoire à partir de 16 ans, la carte nationale d’identité ivoirienne, […]
Article premier : la présente loi a pour objet de déterminer le régime juridique de l’état civil au Niger. Elle institue un système de l‟état civil. L‟état civil est l‟ensemble des qualités inhérentes à une personne que la loi prend […]
Extracts: Mobilizing Governments and Civil Society From 16 to 18 April, a Ministerial Conference on the Eradication of Statelessness in the Great Lakes Region took place in Nairobi, Kenya. It was organized by the Government of Kenya, the International Conference […]
Kenya’s Pemba community have been living in statelessness for decades. The consequences of being unable to obtain legal documents and citizenship have grave consequences for community members- unable to access basic services, register birth certificates for their children and excluded […]
INTRODUCTION To have a meaningful existence in South Africa, identification documentation is vital. A variety of rights flow from such a document; it establishes a nationality, an identity, and an ability to function within a formal society. For a child, […]
Ordinary citizens told to try again after 2021, because country does not have funds to import the ink and paper needed for the documents By KEVIN SAMAITA Harare — Zimbabweans seeking travel documents to leave the country are enduring nightmares […]
BY CHARLES LAITON Supreme Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi has come hard on registrar-general Clemence Masango, who has been denying returning Zimbabweans citizenship status, saying the move by his office is discouraging investment. Justice Mathonsi made the remarks in a […]
Par Adama WADE Il avait pris la Somalie et pensait rendre le Botswana. Ce slogan du président Mohamed Abdel Aziz s’est évanoui dans les fumées et les lacrymogènes des manifestations post-électorales qui secouent le pays depuis le 22 juin 2019. […]
CRC/C/CPV/CO/2 Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Cabo Verde Birth registration and nationality 31.The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts resulting in almost universal birth registration but is concerned about children not yet registered and the difference in […]