On the 3rd of June 2010, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe exercising its jurisdiction in terms of section 24(2) of the Constitution handed down its judgment in the case of Margaret Dongo versus The Registrar General and the Attorney General. ZWLA’S […]
Refusal by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukthar, to swear in Justice Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo as a justice of the Court of Appeal to represent Abia State on the ground that she is not an indigene of the […]
By John Campbell In late 2009 I wrote to Prime Minister Meles asking for information on the 2009 Directive which was the subject of considerable speculation. On December 2nd I received a reply from Berhanu Kebede, Ethiopian ambassador to the […]
CEDAW/C/TGO/CO/6-7 Observations finales concernant les sixième et septième rapports périodiques du Togo, adoptées par le Comitéà sa cinquante-troisième session (1er-19 octobre 2012) Nationalité 28.Tout en notant avec satisfaction que le nouveau Code des personnes et de la famille accorde aux femmes […]
The Senate has urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Murthar, to swear in Justice Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo as a Justice of the Abia Court of Appeal. It would be recalled that the CJN had refused to swear in […]
Authors: Matthew Dalling and Gopalan Balagopal (CRC4) Summary: This document provides a rapid overview of the birth registration system in Namibia. It draws together and analyses the mission field reports of 2012, the available civil registration data and the observations […]
Collection of articles by Nigerian scholars, edited by Jibrin Ibrahim and Idayat Hassan, reflecting on « indigene-settler » conflicts and citizenship in Nigeria. Download file: here.
La Conferencia de alcaldes afroamericanos y africanos comenzó hoy en Guinea Ecuatorial con el compromiso del Jefe de Estado, Teodoro Obiang, de otorgar la nacionalidad ecuatoguineana a los afroamericanos que deseen vivir en el país. En la apertura de la […]
CRC/C/NAM/CO/2-3 Observations finales sur les deuxième et troisième rapports périodiques de la Namibie soumis en un seul document 36.Pour ce qui est de faire en sorte que tous les enfants soient enregistrés à la naissance, le Comité salue les progrès […]
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Some 50,000 Palestinians, most of them from the Gaza Strip, have been granted Egyptian citizenship over the past few months, an Egyptian security official revealed Thursday. The official said that the Egyptian Interior Ministry had been […]
By Bronwen Manby Most existing commentary on the citizenship provisions in the draft Constitution of Zimbabwe released on 17 July 2012 by the Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) has focused on the issue of dual citizenship, and on the status of those who […]
Sudan and South Sudan agreed 27 September to restore the pension rights of South Sudanese public servants who were dismissed from service as a consequence of new rules associated with nationality. They also agreed to restore the rights of a […]