For instance, the group contends it discriminate against children by requiring that they only apply for dual citizenship when they are 18 years or above By EPHRAIM KASOZI Kampala- Ugandans living abroad have petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the legality […]
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) recently held that the East African Community (EAC) breached its duties to effectively investigate and redress possible violations of the principles in the EAC Treaty that arose from the allegedly illegal expulsion of […]
By EPHRAIM KASOZI Kampala- Ugandans living abroad have petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the legality of immigration control fees regulations of 2009 that levies visa entry fees and dual citizenship fees. Through Frank Tumusiime & Company Advocates, the group of […]
Le nouveau code civil de la Guinée, en projet et sur la table de l’Assemblée nationale pour examen et vote est plein d’innovations a constaté un reporter de Guineematin.com lors d’une rencontre de professionnels tenue à Kindia en début de […]
By Dr. Joseph J. Atick As this report details, the identity ecosystem in Rwanda is in a very good overall state of development and supports the daily personal identification needs in the physical world today, and should be capable of […]
1. These research reports form the second phase of a research project on birth registration law prepared by DLA Piper for UNICEF. Phase One was completed in November 2015. 2. The purpose of this report is to compare the legal […]
By Naohiko Omata More than three years after the cessation of refugee status for Liberian refugees, the viability of the ECOWAS integration scheme implemented as a solution for those Liberians who continued to stay in Ghana is seen to be limited. Although exile […]
From 20-23 April, the new UNHCR Representative in Tanzania Ms. Chansa Kapaya visited Katavi and Tabora Regions in western and central Tanzania. The two regions are hosting the three settlements (Katumba, Mishamo and Ulyankulu) where majority of the more than […]
Seated on a fragile-looking plastic chair, metres away from where a handful young men treated themselves to cold bottles of beer and spicy, peppered meat enticingly heaped on a ceramic plate, LA, as he is fondly known around his Shitta, […]
Les paragraphes 33 à 38 concernent les activités de la Rapporteure speciale sur l’apatridie: Processus de suivi du projet de Protocole à la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples sur les aspects spécifiques du droit à la nationalité […]
Replaces the 2005 nationality law. Among other changes, the 2016 law provides that those attributed citizenship by the 1975 and 1984 nationality laws shall be considered citizens for the purposes of the present law, and provides new conditions for naturalization. […]
Silverbird chairman, Ben Murray Bruce has won the court case challenging his right to occupy the office of a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, having sworn to an oath of allegiance to the United States of America. The […]