Nous, Ministres et Représentants des Etats membres de la CEDEAO, réunis le 25 Février 2015 à Abidjan en Côte d’Ivoire pour la conférence ministérielle sur l’apatridie en Afrique de l’Ouest, organisée par le HCR et la CEDEAO du 23 au […]
La première Conférence ministérielle régionale sur l’apatridie en Afrique de l’Ouest, qui a réuni les délégués provenant des 15 pays de la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO), a permis de traiter les questions clés relatives au […]
Nationality is a legal bond between a state and an individual, and statelessness refers to the condition of an individual who is not considered as a national by any State. Everyone has the right to a nationality and the right […]
Statelessness refers to the condition of an individual who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law.Although stateless people may sometimes also be refugees, the two categories are distinct in international law. Statelessness […]
Editorial As dates go, 10 November 2012 may not have a place in our political history, but it was the day the House of Representatives held simultaneous peoples’ public sessions in Nigeria’s 360 federal constituencies – they all started at […]
Nigeria has a bad reputation when it comes to fraud. “Dear Friend” emails originating from the country – also known as 419 scams – are among the most notorious in the world, with statistics from Ultrascan AGI suggesting losses from […]
UNHCR is publishing a series of Good Practices Papers to help States, with the support of other stakeholders, achieve the goals of its Campaign to End Statelessness within 10 Years. Each Good Practices Paper corresponds to one of the 10 […]
“The back of a police van is the only place that feels like home.” This is the plight of a young man, Singejeje Adel, who has no family and no country that regards him as theirs. He is stateless. Adel, […]
Liberian government officials, along with the leaders of various civil society organizations, religious and youth groups have joined together in support of UNHCR’s global campaign against statelessness. “Statelessness is simply a malaise facing mankind which all states must commit to […]
In 2007, when Allan-Roy Sekeitto won the opportunity to participate in a continental reality television show, Imagine Africa, its organisers profiled him as a representative of two countries; South Africa and Uganda. He was born in neither. Sekeitto, now 28, […]
CRC/C/GMB/CO/2-3 Enregistrement des naissances, nom et nationalité 35. Le Comité accueille avec satisfaction les progrès réalisés en matière d’enregistrement des naissances, mais demeure préoccupé par : a) Le nombre très élevé d’enfants qui ne sont pas enregistrés immédiatement après la […]
Luena – O secretário provincial da Unita do Moxico, João Muzaza Caweza, considerou importante que a direcção provincial da Assistência e Reinserção Social redobre apoios aos angolanos provenientes da RDC e da Zâmbia, para conferir maior dignidade e reinserção social. […]