Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

We are committed to uniting all Kenyans, says President Uhuru

octobre 28, 2016 2:24 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur We are committed to uniting all Kenyans, says President Uhuru

President Uhuru Kenyatta has affirmed that the government is committed to uniting the country and serving all Kenyans without discrimination. The President said Kenyans should shun tribalism and join hands in building a country that they will always be proud […]


South Africa: LRC challenges failure of Home Affairs to register child born to foreign mother

octobre 28, 2016 12:07 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: LRC challenges failure of Home Affairs to register child born to foreign mother

The Legal Resources Centre has launched an application in the Grahamstown High Court on behalf of two parents whose application to register their child’s birth has been rejected by the Department of Home Affairs’ because the child’s mother does not […]


Kenya: Gazette Notice No. 8768: The Births and Deaths Registration Act, Declaration

octobre 28, 2016 11:29 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Gazette Notice No. 8768: The Births and Deaths Registration Act, Declaration

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 9 (2) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government declares that: 1. With effect from the 1st November, 2016 the registration of […]


Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC/32 – Pierre Jacques Chalupa

octobre 27, 2016 2:28 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC/32 – Pierre Jacques Chalupa

Decision adopted unanimously by the IPU Governing Council at its 199th session (Geneva, 27 October 2016) The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, […] 1. Notes with satisfaction that a passport has been issued to Mr. Chalupa for humanitarian reasons, […]


South Africa: Statistics South Africa On Recorded Live Births 2013-2015 and Perinatal Deaths 2014 Report

octobre 27, 2016 10:01 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: Statistics South Africa On Recorded Live Births 2013-2015 and Perinatal Deaths 2014 Report

Registration of live births improves… … but not every pregnancy results to a live birth and not every live birth survives The Recorded live births 2013-2015 and the Perinatal deaths 2014, reports released by Statistics South Africa indicate that of […]


Kenya’s stateless Makonde people finally obtain papers

octobre 27, 2016 9:50 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya’s stateless Makonde people finally obtain papers

By: Wanja Lisa Munaita NAIROBI, Kenya – Amina Kassim would like to register to vote in the next elections in Kenya, where she was born and has lived all her life, but is unable to do so. Descended from an ethnic […]


CRC Observations finales: Afrique du Sud, 2016

octobre 27, 2016 9:20 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur CRC Observations finales: Afrique du Sud, 2016

CRC/C/ZAF/CO/2 Enregistrement des naissances, nom et nationalité Le Comité salue l’augmentation sensible du taux d’enregistrement des naissances dans l’État partie. Toutefois, il constate avec préoccupation que : a) L’obtention de certificats de naissance est compliquée par des obstacles d’ordre administratif et […]


Madagascar: Transmission de nationalité : discrimination du genre

octobre 26, 2016 1:12 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Madagascar: Transmission de nationalité : discrimination du genre

Le code de la nationalité malgache comporte plusieurs dispositions non conformes aux principes des droits humains, notamment sur la discrimination du genre. Dans ce code, élaboré au lendemain de l’Indépendance, une femme malgache mariée à un étranger ne peut transmettre […]


Kenya: 2,950 stateless Makonde registered, IDs out in December

octobre 25, 2016 8:33 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: 2,950 stateless Makonde registered, IDs out in December

By ELKANA JACOB and ALLOYS MUSYOKA The government has registered about 2,950 members of the Makonde community who will be issued with IDs by December. The number registered on Tuesday includes 1,524 adults and 1,426 children. Daniel Fundi, 110, thanked […]


Sénégal: Etat civil : 60% des enfants non enregistrés à Mbellacadiao et à Ndiob

octobre 24, 2016 10:54 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Sénégal: Etat civil : 60% des enfants non enregistrés à Mbellacadiao et à Ndiob

Beaucoup de parents n’ont pas encore le réflexe de déclarer leurs enfants à l’état civil dès la naissance dans les communes de Mbellacadiao et de Ndiob. Selon le secrétaire général de l’Organisation Education et Développement de l’Enfant (Eden), Ibrahima Khalil […]


Kenya: Predicament of citizenship and the stateless

octobre 22, 2016 6:49 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Predicament of citizenship and the stateless

By Yash Pal Ghai The number of stateless persons in Kenya is sometimes estimated at about 100,000 people. This is undoubtedly a gross underestimate. Whole communities are declared stateless—one authority estimated that the Nubians alone amount to over 100,000. The […]


Namibia: Iivula-Ithana withdraws Citizenship Bill

octobre 20, 2016 8:48 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Namibia: Iivula-Ithana withdraws Citizenship Bill

by Shinovene Immanuel HOME affairs minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has withdrawn the proposed changes to the Citizenship Act after it was rejected by the National Council and the Presidency. Iivula-Ithana said the withdrawal of the Citizenship Bill was because she is […]