Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

The referendum for self-determination: Is it still a solution? The never-ending dispute over Western Sahara

septembre 1, 2008 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur The referendum for self-determination: Is it still a solution? The never-ending dispute over Western Sahara

By Erika Conti, in African Journal of International and Comparative Law Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 178-196 Abstract Since the advisory opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice in 1975, the difference between the legal and the political means […]


Uganda: New Law to Allow Dual Citizenship

août 28, 2008 8:21 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Uganda: New Law to Allow Dual Citizenship

By Hanibal Goitom (Aug. 28, 2008) On August 17, 2008, the Ugandan Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Bill of 2008 was introduced on the floor of the Ugandan Parliament. The bill will give effect to the Constitution (Amendment) Act (No. […]


SADC Protocol on Gender and Development

août 17, 2008 11:51 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur SADC Protocol on Gender and Development

Adopted in 2008, entry into force February 2013, in accordance with Article 41. Generally provides for legal equality of men and women, including in relation to rights over children. Article 8(5) specifies that men and women shall have equal rights […]


Zanzibar: Veteran editor stripped of citizenship

août 8, 2008 9:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zanzibar: Veteran editor stripped of citizenship

Zanzibar’s Immigration Department has revoked the citizenship of the consultant editor of Fahamu newspaper, Ali Mohammed Nabwa. The revocation comes just days after the Minister for Home Affairs, Capt John Chiligati, restored the editor’s citizenship that was withdrawn after the […]


Evaluation of UNHCR’s returnee reintegration programme in Angola

août 1, 2008 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Evaluation of UNHCR’s returnee reintegration programme in Angola

By Jeff Crisp, José Riera, and Raquel Freitas Para 72: « In the evaluation team’s interviews with returnees, the most frequently cited obstacle to sustainable reintegration was the lack of an Angolan national identity card (‘Bilhete de Identidade’), for which the […]


Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance: Citizenship issues and religious discrimination in administrative procedures

juillet 22, 2008 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance: Citizenship issues and religious discrimination in administrative procedures

A/63/161 Summary: The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief submits the present report to the General Assembly pursuant to its resolution 62/157. In the report, she gives an overview of the activities carried out under the mandate since […]


ACHPR Communication 246/02 : Mouvement ivoirien des droits humains (MIDH) / Cote d’Ivoire

juillet 22, 2008 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur ACHPR Communication 246/02 : Mouvement ivoirien des droits humains (MIDH) / Cote d’Ivoire

Decision in complaint against Cote d’Ivoire for discrimination in relation to political rights in which the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights finds that the Respondent State is in violation of Articles 1, 2, 3(2), 7 and 13 of […]


La révision du code de la nationalité comorienne : Une question qui nous interpelle tous

juillet 11, 2008 7:41 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur La révision du code de la nationalité comorienne : Une question qui nous interpelle tous

Nadjime-dine Youssouf Mbèchez Pour la énième fois, le Président en exercice, son excellence M. Sambi, m’oblige malgré moi à prendre la plume pour dire ce que je pense par rapport à son projet de loi dores-et-déjà entre les mains des […]


Egypt: Child Law No. 12 of 1996, amended by Law No. 126 of 2008

juillet 10, 2008 4:36 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Egypt: Child Law No. 12 of 1996, amended by Law No. 126 of 2008

Official Journal issue no. 13-supplement of 28 March 1996; amended by Law no. 126 of 2008, Official Journal issue no. 24-bis of 15 June 2008, and issue no. 28 of 10 July 2008. Article 6 provides that « Each child shall […]