Apatrides en Afrique de l’Ouest
Published: 2/Nov/2015
Source: HCR (Afrique de d'Ouest)
Video de 7 minutes par le HCR.
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Published: 2/Nov/2015
Birth Registration: A Comparative Report Prepared for UNICEF (1)
Published: 1/Nov/2015
The purpose of this report is to compare the legal frameworks governing birth registration in eleven jurisdictions. Birth registration is the process by which a child’s birth is recorded in the civil register by the applicable government authority. It provides […]
South Africa: The right to a name and nationality: The issue of undocumented migrant children
Published: 28/Oct/2015
Source: De Rebus (Pretoria)
By Faith Tigere SS v Presiding Officer, Children’s Court, Krugersdorp and Others 2012 (6) SA 45 (GSJ) ‘Children are the soul of our society. If we fail them, then we have failed as a society.’ These are the words of […]
Statelessness in Africa: the scale of the challenge and the opportunities for leadership
Published: 28/Oct/2015
Source: European Network on Statelessness
by Bronwen Manby How do the contours of statelessness vary from continent to continent? To what extent is the nature of statelessness directly tied to the nature of the state? Europe, after all, invented the “nation-state”, the idea that each […]
Une ASBL bat campagne pour la nationalité multiple en RDC
Published: 28/Oct/2015
Source: Radio Okapi
Le président d’une Association Sans But Lucratif dénommée «Nouvelle génération pour l’émergence du Congo » a affirmé le week-end dernier que l’acceptation d’une nationalité multiple par la constitution congolaise est incontournable aujourd’hui pour l’émergence de la RDC. Constant Mutamba dit […]
What is not counted doesn’t count: measuring progress towards the global target on universal identity
Published: 26/Oct/2015
Source: The World Bank
Less than a month after the adoption of the new global development agenda – Agenda 2030 – the question “A Legal Identity for All by 2030: What Will It Take?” brought together 32 development practitioners and scholars for a three-day […]
Tchad: Le démarrage du recensement électoral biométrique prévu le 26 octobre
Published: 25/Oct/2015
Source: China News
Le recensement biométrique des électeurs au Tchad sera lancé lundi sur tout le territoire national, selon un décret du président Idriss Déby Itno publié samedi sur la radio télévision publique. “Les opérations électorales qui démarrent le 26 octobre prochain, constituent […]
Longtime refugees grateful for citizenship in Tanzania
Published: 24/Oct/2015
Source: The Huffington Post
By Barbara Borst, Center for Global Affairs and Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University, Ulyankulu, Tanzania Freedom. Happiness. Gratitude. These are words that people here use over and over to describe how they feel about becoming Tanzanian citizens […]
RDC: une pétition pour l’adoption de la nationalité multiple
Published: 24/Oct/2015
Source: Radio Okapi
L’acceptation d’une nationalité multiple par la constitution congolaise est incontournable aujourd’hui pour l’émergence de la RDC, a affirmé ce vendredi 22 octobre à Kinshasa le président de l’ASBL ‘Nouvelle génération pour l’émergence du Congo’, Constant Mutamba. Il a affirmé avoir […]
A borderline case that never was…
Published: 21/Oct/2015
Source: Legal Brief
This was a case with enormous potential to embarrass both South Africa and Namibia whose mutual borders have never been properly finalised. But at the last minute the wealthy farmer who brought the application relented and a possible international dispute […]
ACJPS/PLACE submit complaint to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Published: 20/Oct/2015
Source: International Refugee Rights Initiative & Citizenship Rights Africa Initiative
ACJPS and the Peoples’ Legal Aid Clinic (PLACE) submitted a complaint to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in August 2015 challenging a constitutional decision made by Sudan revoking a young Sudanese […]
Citizenship in Africa newsletter, October 2015
Published: 20/Oct/2015
Source: International Refugee Rights Initiative
In this issue: Challenging Discriminatory Legislation in Sudan Using African Legal Architecture Statelessness in Africa, with a Focus on the Gambia A Significant Step in Favour of Women’s Rights in Senegal How Lawyers for Human Rights is Fighting to End […]