Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Sierra Leone: Mr President, please protect my citizenship rights

juillet 2, 2010 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Sierra Leone: Mr President, please protect my citizenship rights

By Rodney Edmond Michael In the last several months, those of us that are Sierra Leoneans of Caucasian (white) Skin have been shocked, embarrassed and discouraged by an Immigration Policy demanding we seek clearance as Sierra Leoneans before traveling with […]


Submission by UNHCR to the Mozambique Universal Periodic Review 2010

juillet 1, 2010 7:47 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Submission by UNHCR to the Mozambique Universal Periodic Review 2010

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report- Universal Periodic Review: MOZAMBIQUE Includes information relating to the right to a nationality. Download file UNHCR_Submission-Mozambique-UPR_2010


Out of the Shadows: Towards ensuring the rights of stateless persons and persons at risk of statelessness in Kenya

juillet 1, 2010 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Out of the Shadows: Towards ensuring the rights of stateless persons and persons at risk of statelessness in Kenya

Study commissioned by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights(KNCHR) in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The study examines the issue of statelessness within the Kenyan context. Drawing on fieldwork, it evaluates the human rights […]


UNHCR & OHCHR Submission for Mozambique Universal Periodic Review

juillet 1, 2010 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur UNHCR & OHCHR Submission for Mozambique Universal Periodic Review

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Compilation Report-Universal Periodic Review: Mozambique. Report considers the right to asylum and the right to nationality. Download from UNHCR website.


Sudan: Preventing Violence and Statelessness as Referendum Approaches

juin 29, 2010 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Sudan: Preventing Violence and Statelessness as Referendum Approaches

Sudan is preparing to hold a referendum on southern independence in January 2011 as mandated by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Indications suggest that the vote will be overwhelmingly in favor of separation. Although an explosion of full scale north-south […]


CDE Observations finales: Tunisie, 2010

juin 16, 2010 5:10 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur CDE Observations finales: Tunisie, 2010

Pas de recommandations specifiques sur l’enregistrement des naissances ni la nationalité Télécharger au site web OHCHR.


Court upholds ruling to strip men married to Israelis of Egyptian citizenship

juin 5, 2010 2:17 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Court upholds ruling to strip men married to Israelis of Egyptian citizenship

AFP – A Cairo court on Saturday upheld a ruling to strip Egyptian men married to Israeli women of their citizenship in a case that has highlighted national sentiment towards Israel. Judge Mohammed al-Husseini, sitting on the Supreme Administrative Court, said […]


Cairo court rules on Egyptians married to Israeli women

juin 5, 2010 2:12 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Cairo court rules on Egyptians married to Israeli women

A court in Cairo has upheld a ruling urging the government to consider stripping Egyptian men who are married to Israeli women of their citizenship. The ruling requires officials to send all such cases to the cabinet, to be decided on […]


Zimbabwe: Margaret Dongo v Registrar General and Another

juin 3, 2010 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zimbabwe: Margaret Dongo v Registrar General and Another

Judgement No.SC 6/10, Const Application No.292/08 Supreme Court judgement in case brought by former Harare South legislator Mrs Margaret Dongo, finding that certain provisions of the Guardianship of Minors Act were discriminatory against married women who were not regarded as […]


A Dangerous Impasse: Rwandan Refugees in Uganda

juin 1, 2010 5:21 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur A Dangerous Impasse: Rwandan Refugees in Uganda

Sixteen years after the genocide in Rwanda, tens of thousands of refugees remain in exile. Over the past few years these refugees have come under increasing pressure to return to Rwanda: they are an ongoing reminder of ethnic tensions that […]