Observations finales concernant le quatrième rapport périodique de la Côte d’Ivoire CEDAW/C/CIV/CO/4 Nationalité 37. Le Comité prend note de l’adoption de la loi no 2013-654 du 13 septembre 2013 portant modification des articles 12, 13, 14 et 16 de la […]
Observations finales concernant le neuvième rapport périodique de Cabo Verde CEDAW/C/CPV/CO/9 Nationalité 27. Le Comité se félicite des mesures prises pour trouver une solution aux 220 cas d ’ apatridie identifiés lors du recensement de 2010 et recommande à l […]
Nairobi, July 30, 2019–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Tanzanian authorities to immediately release freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, whom police said is being investigated over his citizenship status. Dar es Salaam police chief Lazaro Mambosasa said at a […]
By Halili Letea Dar es Salaam — Time is fast running out for holders of machine readable passports, with only five months to go before the travel document is phased out. But even as clock ticks, only 13.8 per cent […]
Les personnes ne disposant pas d’acte de naissance et qui ont été enregistrées sur témoignage lors du Recensement administratif à vocation d’identification de la population (Ravip), peuvent pousser un ouf de soulagement. Le gouvernement vient de lancer la distribution effective […]
Par Florina Pirlea L’enregistrement de sa naissance par les autorités administratives d’un pays fournit une preuve permanente et officielle de l’existence d’un enfant. En Afrique subsaharienne, mais aussi, dans une moindre mesure, en Asie du Sud, le taux d’enregistrement des […]
By Luka Biong Deng Kuol* When I was expelled from South Sudan in 2015 for organizing a public lecture at the University of Juba on the Presidential Decree to create 28 states, the government in Juba, in its response to […]
Former Francistown Mayor, Peter Ngoma will contest the upcoming general elections at Tati East constituency under the Alliance for Progressives (AP) ticket. Ngoma who is currently a specially elected councillor in Francistown City Council recently dumped the ruling Botswana Democratic […]
by Brian Sikulu. Kenyans on social media have come out to express mixed reactions after the government proposed a Bill that will deny Kenyans without Huduma Namba access to crucial public service. If the proposed Bill is passed into law, […]
By Marion Ayebazibwe Government has acknowledged mistakes in the process of acquiring new and replacing lost national identification cards. The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Hon. Obiga Kania, was on Wednesday, 17 July 2019, responding to a matter of […]
By DAVID MWERE The Huduma Namba will serve as the official sufficient proof for identification in the country and its registration will now be mandatory for access to government services if the draft Huduma Bill 2019 is enacted by the […]
1. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges […]