Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Council of Ministers Directive to Enable Eritreans Deported from Ethiopia due to the War Launch[ed] by the Eritrean Government on Ethiopia [to] Reclaim and Develop their Properties in Ethiopia

mai 15, 2009 11:47 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Council of Ministers Directive to Enable Eritreans Deported from Ethiopia due to the War Launch[ed] by the Eritrean Government on Ethiopia [to] Reclaim and Develop their Properties in Ethiopia

[Unofficial translation reported in judgment of United Kingdom Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), 30 June 2011 ST (Ethnic Eritrean – nationality – return) Ethiopia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKUT 00252 (IAC), available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,GBR_UTIAC,4e1b1c2b2.html] […]


ID cards: Tanzania needs to change its laws

mai 2, 2009 11:06 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur ID cards: Tanzania needs to change its laws

Reported by Mohamed Issa, Mike Mande and Wilfred Edwin Tanzania is to amend its constitution to support the implementation of the National Identification Cards Project across both the mainland and Zanzibar. The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania will […]


Analysis of The Aliens and Nationality Law of the Republic of Liberia

mai 1, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Analysis of The Aliens and Nationality Law of the Republic of Liberia

By Jessie Tannenbaum (American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative), Anthony Valcke (University of Kent, Brussels; Vesalius College; European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)), Andrew McPherson (American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative), Leah Mueller (American Bar Association Rule of Law […]


Tanzania: Legal Opinion Case No.112

avril 22, 2009 2:29 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Tanzania: Legal Opinion Case No.112

Do Sections 11(1) and 23 the Tanzania Citizenship Act violate Tanzania’s Obligations Regarding the Equality of Men and Women Under International Human Rights Law and its Own Constitution? SUMMARY: Tanzania is under international obligations to ensure that women are not […]


DRC: Non au Découpage de la Province du Nord-Kivu

avril 17, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur DRC: Non au Découpage de la Province du Nord-Kivu

NON AU DECOUPAGE DE LA PROVINCE DU NORD-KIVU : REFLEXION D’UN ORIGINAIRE NON RWANDOPHONE INTRODUCTION Un mémorandum daté du 2 décembre 2008 intitulé : «LE DECOUPAGE TERRITORIAL DE LA PROVINCE DU NORD –KIVU : UNE PISTE DE SOLUTION AUX PROBLEMES […]


Service for Life: State Repression and Indefinite Conscription in Eritrea

avril 16, 2009 4:31 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Service for Life: State Repression and Indefinite Conscription in Eritrea

Extract: Coercion of Eritreans in Exile The tragic reality for Eritreans who flee the country is that once they have escaped, they—and particularly their families—are still not entirely safe from repressive actions by the Eritrean government. In a small country […]


Ethiopia: Discrimination in Access to Nationality

avril 1, 2009 5:20 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Ethiopia: Discrimination in Access to Nationality

Statement Submitted by the Open Society Justice Initiative for Consideration by the United Nations Human Rights Council at its Sixth Session, on the occasion of its Universal Periodic Review of Ethiopia November 30 – December 11, 2009 — INTRODUCTION 1. […]


Am I stateless because I am a nomad?

avril 1, 2009 10:54 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Am I stateless because I am a nomad?

By Ekuru Aukot As a pastoralist from Turkana, who am I and where are my nationality and citizenship? I hail from the Ateker nation, an Itung’a-speaking group, bound by ethno-linguistic ties and practising nomadic pastoralism as our main livelihood activity. […]


Stateless former farm workers in Zimbabwe

avril 1, 2009 9:14 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Stateless former farm workers in Zimbabwe

Katinka Ridderbos Several hundred thousand people of foreign ancestry who used to work on white-owned commercial farms in Zimbabwe are stateless, jobless and either displaced or at risk of displacement. Xenophobic government policies designed to drive out farm owners and […]


Eritrea: Discrimination in Access to Nationality

avril 1, 2009 7:13 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Eritrea: Discrimination in Access to Nationality

Statement Submitted by the Open Society Justice Initiative for Consideration by the United Nations Human Rights Council at its Sixth Session, on the occasion of its Universal Periodic Review of Eritrea November 30 – December 11, 2009 « Statelessness in Eritrea […]


Kenyan Nubians: standing up to statelessness

avril 1, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenyan Nubians: standing up to statelessness

Adam Hussein Adam, « Kenyan Nubians: standing up  to statelessness », Forced Migration Review, Vol.32, April 2009 There is no official recognition of the Nubian community in Kenya and they face considerable discrimination as a result. Kenyan Nubians have been defined as […]


Ethiopia-Eritrea: statelessness and state succession

avril 1, 2009 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Ethiopia-Eritrea: statelessness and state succession

Katherine Southwick, “Ethiopia-Eritrea: Statelessness and state succession”, Forced Migration Review, Vol. 32 (special edition on statelessness), April 2009, pp.15-17. There is a need to strengthen international law on nationality rights and avoidance of statelessness in the context of state succession […]