Main highlights on Statelessness in Niger Prevention/Reduction Since 2016, UNHCR Niger is supporting in the Diffa region a large-scale project carried out with a partner NGO, Au Secours des Oubliés (SDO), aiming at identifying undocumented children (0-6 years old) born […]
By Robtel Neajai Pailey DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.852 Summary Though deeply contested, citizenship has come to be defined in gender-inclusive terms both as a status anchored in law, with attendant rights and resources, and as agency manifested in active political participation and […]
By Patrícia Jerónimo This report discusses citizenship in Angola. It explores the history of citizenship in this country, modes of acquisition and loss, and current debates and reform plans regarding citizenship policy. Download from GlobalCit: http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/62284
By Clement B Mubanga, The Tanzania Lawyer (Journal of the Tanzania Law Society), vol.1, No.1. Abstract: The right to nationality is a fundamental human right. Indeed, it stands to be a right to have rights. It creates a gateway towards […]
Date de finalisation: avril 2019; date de publication: janvier 2020. Cette étude a été réalisée par l’Institut National de la Statistique (INS) avec l’appui technique et financier du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) et la collaboration […]
Nubian Rights Forum & 2 others v Attorney-General & 6 others; Child Welfare Society & 8 others(Interested Parties); Centre For Intellectual Property & InformationTechnology (Proposed Amicus Curiae) [2019] eKLR « 4. A perusal of the Petitions reveals the following key areas […]
Keep up to date with our Teach-Yourself Series – condensed articles on current and planned changes in South African migration law. Our articles and infographics aim to spread awareness on South Africa’s migration landscape, and our standpoints on the issue. […]
Including the following information on African states: On 17 and 18 January, the Kenya Human Rights Commission convened a workshop on digital identity and citizenship with representatives from the Government of Kenya and from stateless communities in Naivasha, Kenya. The […]
CCPR/C/AGO/CO/2 Observations finales concernant le deuxième rapport périodique de l’Angola Demandeurs d’asile et réfugiés 39.Le Comité prend note avec satisfaction de la politique de l’État partie visant à accueillir un grand nombre de migrants et de demandeurs d’asile sur son […]
Introduction 1. Focus Development Association, La Campagne Mondiale Pour L’Egalité des Droits en Matière de Nationalité, et l’Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (Institute) présentent cette soumission conjointe à l’Examen périodique universel (EPU) sur les défis en matière de Droits de […]
BY OGUNBOWALE OLUGBENGA Do you have a passport? A Nigerian Passport? Congratulations! You are one of the lucky few who have endured the torment of queuing up for hours, days, weeks and sometimes months to secure a passport for the […]
Lawyers for Human Rights and Abba Specialist Adoption and Social Services welcome the Department of Home Affairs’ decision to register 33 abandoned children with birth certificates, after LHR approached the Pretoria High Court on behalf of Abba Specialist Adoption and […]