Comité des droits de l’homme Observations finales concernant le deuxième rapport périodique du Botswana CCPR/C/BWA/CO/2 Traitement des réfugiés et des demandeurs d’asile et prévention de l’apatridie 29.Le Comité prend note avec satisfaction de l’élaboration du projet de loi relative à […]
Observations finales concernant le rapport initial du Soudan du Sud CEDAW/C/SSD/CO/1 Nationalité 34. Le Comité note qu’en vertu de la loi intitulée Nationality Act, 2011 (loi de 2011 relative à la nationalité) et de son règlement, les femmes et les […]
by SUSAN MUHINDI The High Court has directed lawyer Miguna Miguna to obtain an emergency travel document from the Kenyan High Commission in Ottawa Canada or Berlin Germany within 72 hours. Justice Hedwig Ong’undi said Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo […]
By Peter Makossah Finally, the long wait for diaspora Malawians to hold two nationalities is now over – done and dusted – as the Malawi government has gazetted the long-awaited dual citizenship law, which accommodates Malawians in the diaspora, who […]
By IBRAHIM ORUKO Kenya has enacted a new law that bars people holding dual citizenship from serving in the foreign service. President Uhuru Kenyatta’s assent to the law, which sponsored by the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations of Kenya’s […]
Scores of people in Southern Africa are said to be stateless.. This effectively means that they would not be able to vote, get a drivers licence or even open a bank account and are considered not to ‘exist’ in their […]
Au Congo-Brazzaville, plus de 25.000 autochtones sont menacés d’apatridie. Beaucoup n’ont pas de papiers d’identité comme des actes de naissance et vivent dans des conditions précaires dans des régions reculées du pays. Ils sont souvent confrontés à la discrimination et […]
Executive Summary Although Kenya has made strides in citizenship documentation by eliminating gender discrimination from the law, disparities persist in the acquisition of registration documents. With the growth in population as well as expansion of social programmes, there is an […]
Identification, registration and referral of persons at risk of statelessness to the National Commission on Eligibility for Stateless Status (CNESA) is the new priority of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the fight against statelessness in […]
Abdulai Mansaray In a recent announcement, President Bio declared in a tweet that “Another promise made and delivered! My government has just approved and authorised the Attorney General to lay in parliament a proposed amendment to the constitution of Sierra […]
By Alaskai Moore Johnson Monrovia — The House of Representatives has passed into law Montserrado County District #8 Representative, Mr. Acarous Moses Gray’s Dual citizenship bill that he recently introduced in House. The House will now sent their version to […]
Honourable Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi I know that you are a very busy man, so I will get straight to the point. My name is Ndoji Manika, I am 23 years old. In the year 2001, I was only two […]