Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

L’apatridie est une grave injustice qui peut être résolue

octobre 2, 2014 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur L’apatridie est une grave injustice qui peut être résolue

Lorsqu’on lui demande sa nationalité, Ousmane, âgé d’une trentaine d’années, ne sait pas quoi répondre. Il est né dans un petit village dans le sud-est de la Côte d’Ivoire, près de la frontière avec le Ghana, mais n’a jamais été […]


International Refugee Law and the Right to Nationality: Legal responses to the Rwandan refugee crisis in Uganda

octobre 1, 2014 4:39 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur International Refugee Law and the Right to Nationality: Legal responses to the Rwandan refugee crisis in Uganda

By Marshall Godfrey ALENYO Thesis submitted for Masters of Law (LLM) International Human Rights and Public Policy The objective of this thesis is to highlight the interaction between international refugee law and the right to a nationality with particular focus […]


South Africa: Gigaba blames crooked priests in immigration fraud

septembre 28, 2014 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: Gigaba blames crooked priests in immigration fraud

Crooked priests, corrupt officials and dishonest traditional leaders are among those responsible for many foreigners making their way onto the National Population Register (NPR), Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Sunday. Briefing the media in Pretoria, he told reporters […]


Tanzanian Assembly rejects dual citizenship in draft law

septembre 27, 2014 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Tanzanian Assembly rejects dual citizenship in draft law

The hopes of over three million Tanzanians living abroad for a new Constitution that allows dual citizenship were dashed following concerns that such a provision would pose a threat to national security. However, the idea, which was backed by President […]


CERD Concluding Observations: Cameroon, 2014

septembre 26, 2014 9:46 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur CERD Concluding Observations: Cameroon, 2014

CERD/C/CMR/CO/19-21 Citoyenneté et risque d’apatridie 19.Saluant les efforts de l’État partie afin de doter la population de pièces d’identité, en particulier à travers les campagnes récentes, le Comité s’inquiète néanmoins du nombre important de personnes vivant sur le territoire national […]


Lesotho: Zwelakhe Mda v Minister of Home Affairs and Others

septembre 24, 2014 8:08 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Lesotho: Zwelakhe Mda v Minister of Home Affairs and Others

Zwelakhe Mda v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (Constitutional Case No.4 of 2014) [2014] LSHC 30 (24 September 2014) Civil Procedure – Application procedure – Dispute of fact – Urgency – Constitutional Litigation rules.  Constitutional law – Arbitrary deprivation […]


Bénin: Décision DCC14-172 du 16 septembre 2014

septembre 16, 2014 2:37 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Bénin: Décision DCC14-172 du 16 septembre 2014

La Cour décide: Article 1er.- Les articles 8, 12.2, 13 et 18 de la Loi n°65-17 du 23 juin 1965 portant code de la nationalité béninoise sont contraires à la Constitution. Article 2.- Les articles 7 et 22 de la […]


New SA visa rules for children put on hold

septembre 16, 2014 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur New SA visa rules for children put on hold

Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba has announced changes to the implementation of South Africa’s new visa rules. Speaking at a press briefing in Cape Town Gigaba announced the new requirement of an unabridged birth certificate for all children travelling […]


Somaliland: Identity cards are meant to identify the individual’s identity

septembre 14, 2014 12:12 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Somaliland: Identity cards are meant to identify the individual’s identity

Identity cards are meant to identify the individuals identity and the purpose of introduction has nothing to do with Voting and ELECTIONS at all. it’s a long term project that will have great benefits to the people of Somaliland origin […]


Tanzania: Kadhi Court, Union, citizenship debate rock CA

septembre 14, 2014 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Tanzania: Kadhi Court, Union, citizenship debate rock CA

Members of the Constituent Assembly started their eight-day debate on the 12 committees reports on the constitution draft on Tuesday, with the Kadhi court, dual citizenship and structure of the union remaining touchy. Read more.


New Ivory Coast citizens no longer “live like ghosts”

septembre 11, 2014 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur New Ivory Coast citizens no longer “live like ghosts”

Ivory Coast has some 700,000 stateless people within its borders, one of the biggest stateless populations in the world By Misha Hussain TENKODOUGOU, Ivory Coast, Sept 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Three years after the civil war, patriotic sentiment is […]


Community paralegals and the legal empowerment approach to statelessness

septembre 11, 2014 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Community paralegals and the legal empowerment approach to statelessness

By Laura Goodwin Mohammad Javed is an Urdu-speaking entrepreneur living in the middle of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Looking to grow his business, Mohammad decided to travel to India to start importing spare auto-rickshaw parts for his own […]