By Tina Abeku, Abuja The Federal Government yesterday launched a National Action Plan, (NAP), to eradicate statelessness in Nigeria in line with the international treaties and conventions on the status of stateless persons towards upholding basic human rights, ending vulnerability […]
The Federal Government has restated its determination to eradicate statelessness by 2024. This position was stated by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Friday, during the launching and inauguration of high power steering committee on National Action Plan on […]
La ministre de la justice et garde de sceaux, Rose Mutombo, a procédé hier mercredi 31 août à l’ouverture de l’atelier technique sur l’adoption d’un plan pour l’amélioration du cadre juridique sur l’apatridie en République démocratique du Congo. Selon la […]
BANGUI, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that the purchase of citizenship, « e-residency » and land using a cryptocurrency the government launched last month was unconstitutional. The « Sango Coin » went on sale on July 21 […]
Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that his department will propose new legislation to make it possible for people as young as 10 to get an ID card in South Africa. This is one of the measures he wants to […]
By Emerson Mnangagwa Decentralize governance, decentralize services Chapter 14 of our Constitution provides for the decentralization of governmental power in the interest of citizen participation and social justice. The Chapter puts an end to the Bambazonke philosophy according to which […]
OBJECTIF 1 : Respect des cadres juridiques, politiques et institutionnels appropriés visant à éradiquer l’apatridie Résultat 1 : les États adhéreront aux conventions des Nations Unies sur l’apatridie d’ici 2023 Résultat 2 : Les cadres constitutionnel et législatif sont alignés […]
Updated version of paper first published in 2015. Includes a focus on Kenya. Download from Refworld: https://www.refworld.org/docid/54e75a244.html
« Study finds that exclusive breastfeeding rate increased from 24 per cent to 34 per cent, while nearly 60 per cent of Nigerian children are now registered at birth with civil authorities » [Press statement] Today, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, officially […]
Au Tchad, le gouvernement a lancé ce mercredi une campagne de délivrance d’actes de naissance à l’occasion de la Journée africaine de l’enregistrement des faits d’état civil. En effet, les trois-quarts des enfants de moins de cinq ans ne sont pas […]
In a major development to prevent statelessness, Liberia has amended its nationality law to grant women and men equal rights to confer nationality to their children. The President of Liberia signed into law an act to amend the Aliens and […]
Ines Rutayisire Umurerwa The government of Rwanda has set a target of having all babies born in the country to be registered at birth by the end of 2022. Current figures from the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) […]