The first point of call between individuals and their states is being registered and counted as part of the state, bestowing on them all rights and privileges that the state provides. Dow described birth registration as the first ticket to […]
Doc. CERD/C/SDN/CO/12-16 9. Le Comité note avec préoccupation que la modification apportée en 2011 à la loi sur la nationalité (art. 10 2)), prévoit la révocation de la nationalité soudanaise des personnes ayant acquis de droit ou de fait la […]
By Tayo Oyetibo, SAN Constitutional Law – International Passport: Power of Minister of Internal Affairs – Constitutional Law – Fundamental Human Rights: Extent of the powers of State Security Service – Constitutional Law – Fundamental Human Right: Freedom of Movement […]
CRC/C/GHA/CO/3-5 [pas disponible en francais] Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Ghana Birth registration 29. While noting the significant progress in improving birth registration coverage from 17 percent in 2002 to about 58 percent in […]
European Commission compilation of Responses from Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Sweden, United Kingdom plus Croatia (14 in Total) Disclaimer: The following responses have been provided primarily for the purpose of information exchange […]
Part II provides for issue of passports. Section 28 provides for directives to determine nationality in special cases (including in case of deportation). Download: Nigeria Immigration Act 2015
L’apatridie est un problème considérable en Afrique de l’Ouest mais dont l’ampleur n’est pas encore connue. Il n’est pas possible de dire combien de personnes sont apatrides dans la sous-région ; mais il est clair que des centaines de milliers […]
The 2017 presidential contest has shifted to voter registration, with statistics indicating that over 1.2 million Kenyans acquired new ID cards in 2013 alone. The new figures emerged as Kenya’s embassy in the US announced that it was rolling out […]
Introduction 1. The issuance of National Identity Cards to Ugandan citizens was launched by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, on 2nd December 2014. Thereafter, issuance of Identity Cards commenced in Kampala Capital […]
The Immigration Department in Sierra Leone has defended the new passport price which sparked a heated debate in the country. The government through the Immigration department recently announced the introduction of a biometric passport, from the current ordinary machine readable. […]
Failure to register children for both birth and the national identity card is tantamount to cruelty as it hampers their rights of enjoying various benefits and services Giving a keynote address at the launch of the second generation registration campaign […]
CRC/C/ETH/CO/4-5 Birth registration 33.While welcoming the adoption of the Registration of Vital Events and National Identity Card Registration Proclamation No. 760/2012 and the establishment of structures responsible for coordinating and supporting the registration and implementation of birth registration pilot projects, […]