Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

IPI Condemns Confiscation of Publisher’s Passport by Zimbabwean Authorities

décembre 9, 2005 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur IPI Condemns Confiscation of Publisher’s Passport by Zimbabwean Authorities

According to information provided to IPI, on 8 December, Trevor Ncube, publisher of the South African Mail and Guardian newspaper, as well as Zimbabwe’s The Standard and Zimbabwean Independent newspapers, had his passport confiscated by a plainclothes member of the […]


Nationalism, Identity and Citizenship in The Western Sahara

décembre 1, 2005 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Nationalism, Identity and Citizenship in The Western Sahara

By Pablo San Martin, Journal of North African Studies, Vol.10, No.3–4 (September–December 2005) pp.565–592 Abstract: This article explores the processes of development and naturalisation of the Saharawi national identity that emerged during the 1970s under the leadership of the Frente […]


CRC Concluding Observations: Uganda, 2005

novembre 23, 2005 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur CRC Concluding Observations: Uganda, 2005

CRC/C/UGA/CO/2 Fortieth session Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Uganda Birth registration 37. The Committee notes with appreciation that the delegation underscored […]


Niger: State Report to CEDAW, 2005

novembre 21, 2005 11:37 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Niger: State Report to CEDAW, 2005

CEDAW/C/NER/1-2 Initial and second report of the Niger on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Final Document submitted June 2001; published November 2005. 15. While appreciating the various legal reforms that have taken place, […]


CERD Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2005

novembre 1, 2005 9:56 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur CERD Concluding Observations: Nigeria, 2005

CERD/C/NGA/CO/18 21. Le Comité note avec préoccupation que la disposition concernant l’acquisition de la nationalité figurant au paragraphe 2 a) de l’article 26 de la Constitution ne semble pas être pleinement conforme à l’alinéa d iii) de l’article 5 de […]


There are no refugees in this area: Self-settled refugees in Koboko

novembre 1, 2005 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur There are no refugees in this area: Self-settled refugees in Koboko

The following study focuses on self-settled refugees who were once living in camps, but are presently self-settled and living in Koboko. Most of these refugees fled the settlements due to insecurity, others left in search of economic opportunities in town, yet […]


Cote d’Ivoire: What’s in a name: A fight for identity

novembre 1, 2005 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Cote d’Ivoire: What’s in a name: A fight for identity

BOUAKE, 1 November 2005 (IRIN) – « We needed a war because we needed our identity cards, » explained rebel fighter Adama Traore, one of thousands of rebels who control the northern half of Cote d’Ivoire. « Without an identity card you are […]


The Politics of Citizenship in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

octobre 16, 2005 11:54 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur The Politics of Citizenship in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

Frederick Cooper, ‘The Politics of Citizenship in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa’, Studia Africana Vol.16 (2005): 14–23. « My goal in this article is to look at a crucial period in African history, the decade and a half after World War II […]


CDE Observations finales: Algérie, 2005

octobre 12, 2005 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur CDE Observations finales: Algérie, 2005

CRC/C/15/Add.269 Enregistrement des naissances 35.Le Comité souligne que l’accès au système d’enregistrement des naissances devrait être le même pour tous les parents sur l’ensemble du territoire de l’État partie et réitère à cet égard la préoccupation que lui inspirent les insuffisances du […]


Scramble for Botswana citizenship

octobre 7, 2005 10:52 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Scramble for Botswana citizenship

Most of Batswana – especially women – place too much trust in foreigners and end up in marriages undergone to acquire Botswana citizenship. The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Major General Moeng Pheto, says there is a growing trend […]


Zimbabwe Country Report Presented to the Eastern and Southern Africa Conference on Universal Birth Registration

septembre 26, 2005 4:51 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Zimbabwe Country Report Presented to the Eastern and Southern Africa Conference on Universal Birth Registration

Zimbabwe Country Report Presented to the Eastern and Southern Africa Conference on Universal Birth Registration “Improving Services to Protect the Rights of Children”, Mombasa, Kenya, 26 – 30 September 2005. Download: Zimbabwe_Country_Report_Birth_Reg_2005