avril 1, 2013 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
The Sahrawi are the indigenous people of Western Sahara, who descended from Berber and Arab tribes. The following is a report on the human rights situation facing the Sahrawi people who reside in the disputed territory of Western Sahara under […]
mars 28, 2013 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Hassan Tahsin The granting of Egyptian nationality to foreigners is an important issue that could have serious implications for the country’s national security, especially at this critical juncture in Egypt’s history. The issue is now making newspaper headlines along with […]
mars 25, 2013 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
L’actualité de ces derniers jours en RDC ou de façon plus globale, dans les pays dits des Grands Lacs africains est dominée par la reddition mystérieuse du sieur Ntaganda, Général de son état. Son passé dans différentes rébellions qui ont […]
mars 22, 2013 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Which of Côte d’Ivoire’s 20 million inhabitants qualify as nationals is a question that has driven political debate and conflict here for many years, and one that came to the fore earlier this month when thousands of people who had […]
mars 22, 2013 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
At the Registrar General’s office in this city, queues form as early as 3 in the morning. By 8, they wind all the way around the building and into the street, where vendors sell a medley of randomness: bananas and […]
mars 12, 2013 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
It is a decision that could potentially change the electoral game in Zimbabwe. In a landmark ruling, the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) has passed a provisional measure directing the government to allow exiled Zimbabweans and those […]
mars 8, 2013 10:09 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
At least Andoni Goikoetxea is clear about what he must do first in his new post as Equatorial Guinea’s manager – beat Cape Verde in two weeks’ time. If the Butcher of Bilbao can lift a team that has underperformed […]
mars 5, 2013 1:06 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
The Final Report of the Truth, Justice & Reconciliation Commission of Kenya (2013), available at https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/tjrc-core/. Final Report, Vol.IIC. Chapter 3 considers the situation of Minority Groups, Indigenous People and Gross Violation of Human Rights, including access to citizenship. An […]
mars 1, 2013 11:02 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Citizenship is about the right to belong to a state and enjoy its rights while also fulfilling obligations. Without citizenship, a person can neither vote nor be voted into public office. Such statelessness has, in many an African country, been […]
mars 1, 2013 5:48 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
It is rare for host countries to offer citizenship to groups of refugees, especially in the Great Lakes region where millions have been displaced. Instead, most governments wait for circumstances to change so that refugees can go back to their […]
mars 1, 2013 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
By Luka Biong Deng The question of whether the Ngok Dinka of Abyei are citizens of South Sudan may seem strange to most people, who would answer it in the affirmative. But it seems a difficult question to a few, […]
mars 1, 2013 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
In South Africa, which had the highest number of new asylum-seekers in the world in 2008, stateless migrants are inevitably present. What is surprising is that many people born on South African territory are also unable to access nationality in […]
