Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby
octobre 11, 2024 2:40 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Neuf responsables du régime civil nigérien renversé en juillet 2023 sont « provisoirement déchus » de leur nationalité, soupçonnés notamment « d’intelligence avec une puissance étrangère » et de « complot contre l’autorité de l’Etat », a annoncé jeudi le gouvernement militaire. Le général Abdourahamane Tiani, […]
octobre 11, 2024 8:22 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
GENEVA – More than half a million people around the world who were living in the shadows, deprived of their right to nationality, have now acquired citizenship since the inception a decade ago of the #IBelong campaign, according to a […]
octobre 11, 2024 7:56 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
This policy brief examines the socioeconomic progress of the Shona community in Kenya since gaining citizenship in 2020-21. Previously stateless, the Shona faced barriers to formal employment, financial services, and social protection. Citizenship has enabled 86% of the community to […]
octobre 10, 2024 7:23 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
By Nita Balla NAIROBI – Nosizi Dube beams with pride as she clutches her newly issued Kenyan passport. For many, obtaining a passport might be a mundane task, but for 24-year-old Dube, who was born into the stateless Shona community […]
octobre 8, 2024 5:06 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
The case of Chidimma Adetshina, who came under national scrutiny between August and September, sheds light on the levels of xenophobia and anti-immigration sentiment in South Africa. The 23-year-old model—born in Soweto to a Nigerian father and South African mother—was […]
octobre 7, 2024 2:01 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Eric Codjo Montcho Agbassa et Renaud Fiacre Avlessi COUNTRY REPORT RSC/GLOBALCIT-CR 2024/03 1. Introduction Le Dahomey d’alors, Bénin aujourd’hui, ancienne colonie de la France, n’avait pas une législation propre sur la nationalité ; avant la décolonisation, les ressortissants dahoméens étaient […]
octobre 3, 2024 4:53 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
A birth registration is the official recording of the birth of a child through a state’s administrative process. It is a permanent and official record of a child’s existence. Although birth registration is different from the process of acquiring nationality, […]
septembre 30, 2024 11:20 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Author: Zekhethelo Cele LLM Candidate, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina’s nationality has sparked a significant debate on identity, belonging, and representation between South Africa and Nigeria. Allegedly born in South Africa to a Nigerian father […]
septembre 27, 2024 2:54 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Interview with Richard Banégas and Armando Cutolo While it is well acknowledged that identity documents provide rights to citizenship and social inclusion, they can also generate violence and conflicts. In their recently published book entitled ID Wars in Côte d’Ivoire. […]
septembre 25, 2024 10:36 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Ire Cour de droit public Participants à la procédure A.________, représenté par le Centre de Contact Suisses-Immigrés (CCSI) Fribourg, rue des Alpes 11, 1701 Fribourg, recourant, contre Secrétariat d’Etat aux migrations, Quellenweg 6, 3003 Berne. Objet Protection des données; modification […]
septembre 22, 2024 1:13 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
By NGALA KILLIAN CHIMTOM MAYOS, Cameroon (AP) — The morning sun filtered through the forest canopy, casting dappled light on this village in Cameroon. For the Baka Indigenous community, it was a timeless image. But a passing truck broke the […]
septembre 20, 2024 3:36 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Plaintiff claims defendant presented no evidence countering accusation of dual nationalities by Sami Zaptia On Wednesday (11 September), a session was held before the Administrative Judiciary at the Court of Appeal in Tripoli (in case no. 455 of 2023) concerning […]
