Kenya: Task force on dual citizenship launched
janvier 23, 2011 12:00 am Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Task force on dual citizenship launchedDownload file (scan of news article): here
Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby
Kenya: Muslims will no longer be vetted
janvier 21, 2011 12:00 am Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Muslims will no longer be vettedDownload file: here (scan of article).
Douglas Johnson: The road back from Abyei
janvier 14, 2011 12:00 am Commentaires fermés sur Douglas Johnson: The road back from AbyeiAbyei has proved to be the hardest part of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to implement, harder, even, than the determination of the rest of the North-South boundary, or the division of oil revenues. In this personal commentary Douglas Johnson […]
Sudan: Citizenship betrayed
janvier 14, 2011 12:00 am Commentaires fermés sur Sudan: Citizenship betrayedA senior official in the ministry of interior in Khartoum announced on Wednesday that the responsible departments have drafted a set of amendments to the passports and immigration law in order to address the increasing foreign presence in the country. […]
Kenya: ID cards vetting sidelines Muslims, court told
janvier 13, 2011 3:16 pm Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: ID cards vetting sidelines Muslims, court toldA government circular requiring persons of Asian or Arabic descent professing Islam to be vetted before being issued with national identity cards has been challenged in court. Muslims for Human Rights (Muhuri) said the confidential circular issued to all district […]
Mauritanie: Loi n° 2011 – 003 abrogeant et remplaçant la loi n°96.019 du 19 Juin 1996 portant Code de l’Etat Civil
janvier 12, 2011 3:30 pm Commentaires fermés sur Mauritanie: Loi n° 2011 – 003 abrogeant et remplaçant la loi n°96.019 du 19 Juin 1996 portant Code de l’Etat CivilArticle Premier: La présente loi organise et détermine les conditions et les procédures obligatoires de déclaration, d’enregistrement des évènements d’Etat Civil ainsi que celles relatives à la délivrance, des actes sécurisés qui en découlent. Elle s’applique à tous les citoyens […]
South Africa: No deportations until March
janvier 7, 2011 12:00 am Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: No deportations until MarchJOHANNESBURG, 7 January 2011 (IRIN) – Undocumented Zimbabwean migrants were given until 31 December 2010 to regularize their stay in South Africa, but this has been extended to 31 March, and problems with issuing passports by the Zimbabwean authorities could […]
Sudan: Citizenship Questions
janvier 2, 2011 12:00 am Commentaires fermés sur Sudan: Citizenship QuestionsBy Peter de Clercq (UNHCR Khartoum) Download file (scan of newspaper article): Citizenship Questions (PDF, 1005 kb)
Lesotho: Children’s Protection and Welfare Act No 7 of 2011
janvier 1, 2011 3:29 pm Commentaires fermés sur Lesotho: Children’s Protection and Welfare Act No 7 of 2011Section 7 : A child has the right, from birth, to a decent name and to acquire a nationality. Section 8: A child has a right to be registered within three months of birth whether born alive or still-born. Section […]
The best interest of the child: Harmonising laws on children in West and Central Africa
janvier 1, 2011 12:00 am Commentaires fermés sur The best interest of the child: Harmonising laws on children in West and Central AfricaThis report reviews the extent to which a number of West and Central African countries have harmonised their laws along the lines of what is required under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the […]
Nationality and citizenship questions in Sudan after the Southern Sudan referendum vote
janvier 1, 2011 12:00 am Commentaires fermés sur Nationality and citizenship questions in Sudan after the Southern Sudan referendum voteArticle by Munzoul A. M. Assal, associate professor of social anthropology and director, Graduate Affairs Administration, University of Khartoum. The fieldwork for this paper was supported by Peacebuilding in Sudan: Micro-Macro Issues, a Chr. Michelsen Institute project funded by the […]
The Zimbabwean Documentation Process: Lessons Learned
janvier 1, 2011 12:00 am Commentaires fermés sur The Zimbabwean Documentation Process: Lessons LearnedBy Roni Amit Between September 20 and December 31, 2010, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) carried out the Zimbabwe Documentation Process (ZDP). Intended as a model for similar documentation projects that the DHA plans to extend to other categories […]