The President of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Justice Maria Do Céu Silva Monteiro, has described the 1982 regional Protocol defining community citizenship in ECOWAS as ‘outdated’. She has thus called for its revision, which should be in line […]
art. 7: « tout enfant est enregistré à sa naissance et a dès celle-ci le droit à un nom, le droit d’acquérir la nationalité et, dans la mesure du possible, connaitre ses parents et d’être élevé par eux » Télécharger: […]
More than 54,000 South Sudanese have been registered and some 37,000 identity cards produced since the programme began at the start of February By: Karin de Gruijl KHARTOUM, Sudan, March 3 (UNHCR) – The Sudan government has begun to register South […]
CRC/C/TZA/CO/3-5 Observations finales concernant les troisième à cinquième rapports périodiques de la République Unie de Tanzanie, soumis en un seul document Enregistrement des naissances 34. Le Comité prend note avec satisfaction des mesures prises par l’État partie pour accroître le […]
The Pastor of New Water in the Desert Assembly (NWIDA), the headquarters congregation of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church (APC) has called on Liberians to stand against dual citizenship. He believes that if dual citizenship is rejected it would avoid recreating […]
Something unusual happened in parliament on November 25, 2014. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima and his deputy, James Baba, and the Permanent Secretary, Stephen Kagoda, were appearing before the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs to give […]
17ème Session extraordinaire, 19 – 28 février 2015. Banjul, Gambie. Publiée le 30 mai 2016. « By failing to take measures to prevent members of the Nubian Community from becoming stateless and by failing to put in place fair processes, devoid […]
Decision of the African Commission in a case alleging discrimination against « Dioula » in Cote d’Ivoire on the basis of nationality and other grounds, and finding Cote d’Ivoire in violation of Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18 […]
O governo são-tomense vai conceder a nacionalidade deste país a todos cidadãos de Estados membros da CPLP que se encontravam neste arquipélago da África equatorial à data da independência em 1975. Foi fixado o prazo de seis meses, ou seja […]
CRC/C/MUS/CO/3-5 Le Comité a examiné les troisième à cinquième rapports périodiques de Maurice présentés en un seul document (CRC/C/MUS/3-5) à ses 1940e et 1942e séances (CRC/C/SR.1940 et CRC/C/SR.1942), les 14 et 15 janvier 2015, et a adopté les observations finales […]
Ghana has started initiatives that will provide the necessary impetus for it to accede to the United Nations’ Conventions on Statelessness by 2016. Mr James Agalga, Deputy Minister of the Interior, said alongaside these initiatives, the government recognizes the need […]
AfriForum noted with concern President Jacob Zuma’s announcement during the State of the Nation Address of 2015 that foreign citizens will no longer be allowed to own land in South Africa, but may only be considered for long term leases. […]