Submission by UNHCR for the OHCHR Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review 2nd Cycle, 26th Session: Zimbabwe Including extensive comments on citizenship and statelessness, in particular: Issue 2: Prevention and reduction of statelessness and protection of stateless persons Although the new […]
Chapter III provides for acquisition of citizenship on independence in 1968, for citizenship by birth, registration and marriage, and for parliament to provide further detail by law. The Constitution as updated to 2016 contained no changes to chapter III since […]
1. The Petitioner by his Petition dated 23rd September 2015, seeks to be declared that he is a citizen of the Republic of Kenya. 2. The Petitioner further seeks orders directed to the Director of Immigration and Principal Registrar of […]
By Hanibal Goitom (Feb. 29, 2016) On February 16, 2016, Sierra Leone’s Constitutional Review Committee (an 80-member body established in 2013 to review the 1991 Constitution and a 2008 report proposing changes to it) published an abridged draft report of its findings. (Ibrahim Tarawallie, […]
CRC/C/BEN/CO/3–5 Observations finales concernant le rapport du Bénin valant troisième à cinquième rapports périodiques Enregistrement des naissances 30. Le Comité relève avec inquiétude que de nombreux enfants ne sont toujours pas enregistrés à la naissance, en particulier les enfants qui […]
Par Alexis Adélé Au moment où les autorités burkinabées attendaient toujours l’exécution d’un mandat d’arrêt international émis le 21 décembre 2015 à l’encontre de l’ancien président du Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, Abidjan a adressé une réponse diplomatique à Ouagadougou. Le […]
La polémique enfle autour de la double nationalité supposée de l’ancien président. Car, depuis 1992, la Constitution impose au chef de l’État d’être « exclusivement » sénégalais… L’ancien président Abdoulaye Wade a-t-il commis un « parjure », voire, comme le […]
The 3rd edition of the Open Society Foundation publication Citizenship Law in Africa: A Comparative Study was released in January. Its author, Bronwen Manby, considers developments since the last edition was published in 2010. The last five years have been a busy […]
Par Vincent Duhem Le décret de naturalisation de Blaise Compaoré a été publié à Abidjan au Journal officiel du 18 janvier 2016. L’ancien président burkinabè, qui fait l’objet d’un mandat d’arrêt international pour son implication présumée dans la mort de […]
The Sierra Leone constitution guarantees citizenship through African-Negro ancestry. In other words, to be a Sierra Leonean citizen, one must be born in Sierra Leone by either black African parents or outside Sierra Leone by parents who have naturally qualified […]
O parlamento angolano aprovou hoje, depois de vários adiamentos, a Lei da Nacionalidade, diploma que impede agora cidadãos estrangeiros e seus descendentes, nascidos em Angola no tempo colonial português, de serem angolanos. A Lei da Nacionalidade foi aprovada com 142 […]
By Gbenga Akinfenwa EIGHT years after the Oru Refugee camp, Ogun State, was officially closed down, hundreds of the Liberian and Sierra-Leonean stranded refugees have alleged abandonment by the authorities, to face the hard side of life. Situated in Ijebu […]