Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

CDE Observations finales: Niger, 2009

juin 18, 2009 8:47 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur CDE Observations finales: Niger, 2009

CRC/C/NER/CO/2 Enregistrement des naissances 35.Le Comité prend acte avec satisfaction de l’adoption, en 2007, d’une nouvelle loi sur l’enregistrement des naissances et d’une politique nationale d’enregistrement, de la nomination et de la formation d’agents régionaux et locaux chargés de l’enregistrement […]


CRC Concluding observations: Niger, 2009

juin 18, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur CRC Concluding observations: Niger, 2009

CRC/C/NER/CO/2 Enregistrement des naissances 35.Le Comité prend acte avec satisfaction de l’adoption, en 2007, d’une nouvelle loi sur l’enregistrement des naissances et d’une politique nationale d’enregistrement, de la nomination et de la formation d’agents régionaux et locaux chargés de l’enregistrement […]


Gambia: Pap Saine’s nationality question settled

juin 17, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Gambia: Pap Saine’s nationality question settled

By Fabakary B. Ceesay Mr. Pap Saine, the Editor, Publisher and Co-proprietor of the Point Newspaper, who was standing trial on the allegation that he is not a Gambian and has acquired Gambian citizenship through falsehood, was Monday 15th June, […]


Botswana Children’s Act 2009

juin 16, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Botswana Children’s Act 2009

The act recognises the right of every child in Botswana to nationality from birth (Article 12(1)). According to the act, the child’s birth certificate, issued under Botswana’s Births and Deaths Registration Act, shall be the proof of the nationality of the child. The […]


Kenya: Nowhere to call home in promised land

juin 13, 2009 5:37 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Nowhere to call home in promised land

Citing a 1956 prophecy by its Zimbabwean founder, members of the Gospel of God Church hold that Kenya is the Promised Land. By JOSEPH NGUNJIRI As popular Christian folklore, mythology and scriptures go, the place variously referred to as Canaan, […]


Loi No. 2009 010 du 11 juin 2009 relative à l’organisation de l’état civil au Togo

juin 11, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Loi No. 2009 010 du 11 juin 2009 relative à l’organisation de l’état civil au Togo

La loi dispose que l’etat civil est placé sous la tutelle conjointe du ministre chargé de I’administration terntoriale et du ministre chargé de la justice, et qu’un acte d’état civil est dressé de tous les évènements de naissance, de mariage, […]


Uganda: Bill Allowing Dual Citizenship Passed

juin 10, 2009 8:19 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Uganda: Bill Allowing Dual Citizenship Passed

(June 10, 2009) It was reported on May 17, 2009, that the Ugandan Parliament has passed into law a bill allowing dual citizenship and sent it to the President’s desk for signature (Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Bill of […]


Foreigners at Home: The Dilemma of Citizenship in Northern Kenya

juin 1, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Foreigners at Home: The Dilemma of Citizenship in Northern Kenya

Report by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (an NGO distinct from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights) on discrimination against members of certain ethnic groups in the acquisition of Kenyan citizenship and national identity cards. Summary Once a neglected […]


Citizenship in Cameroon: Reassessing Cameroon’s restrictive nationality law and the need to recognise dual nationality

juin 1, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Citizenship in Cameroon: Reassessing Cameroon’s restrictive nationality law and the need to recognise dual nationality

Eric Ngonji Njungwe And Gregory Thorne, « Citizenship In Cameroon: Reassessing Cameroon’s Restrictive Nationality Law and the Need to Recognize Dual Nationality » CJDHR Vol. 3 No. 1 – June 2009 Abstract: In light of global trend towards more open nationality laws, […]


Rwanda: Presidential Order No.21/01 of 27/05/2009 establishing the procedure for the application and acquisition of Rwandan nationality

mai 27, 2009 3:55 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Rwanda: Presidential Order No.21/01 of 27/05/2009 establishing the procedure for the application and acquisition of Rwandan nationality

Establishes procedures to apply for the grant of nationality based on birth in Rwanda, long residence, or Rwandan origin. Download file: Rwanda Presidential Order on procedues for application and acquisition of Rwandan nationality


Court ruling strips Egyptian men married to Israelis of their nationality

mai 21, 2009 12:00 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Court ruling strips Egyptian men married to Israelis of their nationality

By Sarah Carr CAIRO: Cairo’s Administrative Court held Tuesday that Egyptian men married to Israeli nationals should be stripped of Egyptian citizenship on “national security grounds ». The ruling obliges the interior minister to “put forward for consideration to the cabinet […]