CCPR/C/MAR/CO/6 Observations finales concernant le sixième rapport périodique du Maroc Demandeurs d’asile et réfugiés 35.Le Comité salue les efforts déployés par l’État partie pour développer un cadre juridique régissant la migration, l’asile et la traite. Il regrette que l’opération de […]
By Liesl H. Muller, chapter in Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives from Judges and Lawyers in Southern Africa on Promoting Rule of Law and Equal Access to Justice Introduction In the past year significant progress has been made […]
Extract from Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Bulletin for November 2016 Interview with Laura Parker Can you give us a short description of the type of work you do? I plan and coordinate statelessness activities for UNHCR in Côte d’Ivoire, […]
By Heba Afify At a sit-in by the Ministry of Defense in East Cairo in June 2013, an Egyptian protester held a sign that read, “Palestinians equal Israel for us.” Protesters were demanding that Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi end […]
By Kizito Makoye NJOMBE, Tanzania, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At Lunyanywi village in Tanzania’s southern highlands, local residents gather to welcome a new member of their community. Antonia Kisena and her husband Moses are celebrating the birth of […]
(Nov. 25, 2016) Alassane Ouattara, the President of Côte d’Ivoire, promulgated a new Constitution on November 8, 2016. (Côte d’Ivoire: Alassane Ouattara promulgue la nouvelle Constitution [Côte d’Ivoire: Alassane Ouattara Promulgates the New Constitution], JEUNE AFRIQUE (Nov. 8, 2016); Loi […]
Le Ministre de la Justice a soumis au Conseil un projet de Décret portant création du programme National pour l’éradication de l’apatridie en Guinée. Il a indiqué que ce projet de décret compte 21 articles répartis en 04 chapitres : […]
One of the United Nations’ 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere. A key mechanism for eliminating poverty is the guarantee that everyone has a form of legal identity. This case study, led […]
Le Conseil des ministres s’est tenu à Ouagadougou, le mercredi 23 novembre 2016, en séance ordinaire, de 09 H 00 mn à 14 H 00 mn,sous la présidence de Son Excellence Monsieur Paul Kaba THIEBA, Premier ministre, Chef du Gouvernement. […]
Speech by the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Malusi Gigaba MP at the launch of the digitisation of birth records in Pretoria. Modernising Home Affairs is the first of the five priorities I have set for the Department during my […]
Mos Def’s ideals about a world without borders have been dashed by South African immigration officials. The Department of Home Affairs declared the rapper and actor an “undesirable person” on Nov. 22 after he tried to leave the country using […]
En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), la supposée double nationalité belgo-congolaise du Premier ministre, Samy Badibanga, est au centre d’une polémique. Pour le ministre des Relations avec le Parlement, la double nationalité pose un problème juridique et moral mais pour […]