décembre 26, 2009 9:21 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
La loi 61 112 du 2 juin 1961 privait, automatiquement, de sa nationalité, tout mauritanien titulaire par naturalisation d’une nationalité étrangère. L’assemblée nationale mauritanienne, réuni en plénière vendredi 25 décembre, a abrogé la disposition rendant impossible la double nationalité. L’article […]
décembre 22, 2009 3:52 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Afin de permettre aux populations pauvres de jouir de leurs droits civiques et dans le cadre de la préparation de l’électorat pour 2010, le Ministre de l’Intérieur, M. Edouard Nduwimana, en présence du Représentant Exécutif du Secrétaire Général des Nations […]
décembre 18, 2009 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Amnesty International has welcomed the news that Aminatou Haidar, a Sahrawi human rights activist who has spent the past month on hunger strike in Lanzarote airport, has returned home and been reunited with her children. Aminatou Haidar said that she […]
décembre 14, 2009 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
A/HRC/13/3 The present report recalls the legal framework applicable to the right to nationality and addresses the issue of the prohibition of arbitrary deprivation of nationality. It emphasizes that States have an obligation to implement fully the principle of non-discrimination, […]
décembre 14, 2009 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
By Lucy Hovil Recent research in Burundi on the repatriation of refugees has highlighted the strong link between land and citizenship. The research (“Two People Can’t Share the Same Pair of Shoes: Citizenship, Land and the Return of Refugees to […]
décembre 11, 2009 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Kenyan women will be able to secure citizenship for their foreign husbands if the harmonised draft constitution is enacted. The draft says this includes those who are already married. The men will only secure citizenship if they have been married […]
décembre 4, 2009 8:40 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Establishing procedures for registration of citizenship, including by an adopted child, and for permission to hold dual citizenship. Download: Uganda Citizenship Regulations 2009 (draft) As published in the Government Gazette (SI 2009 No.63): Uganda Citizenship Regulations (scan: 2MB)
décembre 1, 2009 1:39 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
Extracts: Article 5 – THE PEOPLE 1. Citizens of Puntland are all those who are Puntlanders by birth and all others who acquire the status of Puntlander in accordance with the law. 2. Special law shall define the requirements to […]
novembre 20, 2009 3:26 pm
Publié par Bronwen Manby
An Act to provide for reform and consolidation of laws relating to children, to stipulate rights of the child and to promote, protect and maintain the welfare of a child with a view to giving effect to international and regional […]
novembre 20, 2009 8:19 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
By Faith Chipepera and Katharina G Ruppel-Schlichting « The aim of this paper is to determine how children form part of Namibian citizenry: for example, in what ways do children acquire such status? What requirements need to be met before they […]
novembre 19, 2009 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
(New York) – Morocco must reverse its expulsion of Sahrawi rights activist Aminatou Haidar and allow her to enter her country of nationality, Human Rights Watch said today. Spain must intercede with Morocco to ensure her return, Human Rights Watch […]
novembre 17, 2009 12:00 am
Publié par Bronwen Manby
By Adam Hussein Adam On the requirement to make birth registration compulsory for enrolment in school. Download file (scan): here.
