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CDE Observations finales: Seychelles, 2012

Published: 23/Jan/2012
Source: Comité des droits de l'enfant

CRC/C/SYC/CO/2-4 Nom et nationalité, préservation de l’identité 40.Le Comité note avec préoccupation que, malgré sa recommandation antérieure sur cette question, aucune loi n’a été adoptée en vue de garantir aux enfants nés hors mariage le droit de connaître leur père […]

Uganda: Should Citizens Be Able to Change Their Tribes?

Published: 23/Jan/2012
Source: The Monitor (Kampala)

By Donald Rukare The above question about changing one’s tribe might seem frivolous but I have been prompted to ponder this seemingly empty question in the recent past for a number of reasons. The Constitution of Uganda provides for 65 […]

Sudan/South Sudan: Gaining a nation, losing a nationality

Published: 17/Jan/2012

By Sarnata Reynolds Just as the Republic of South Sudan (RoSS) officially gained nationhood six months ago, hundreds of thousands of southern Sudanese were losing their nationality. While independence was being celebrated in Juba, the government in Khartoum was busy […]

Egypt grants citizenship to children of Palestinian fathers

Published: 13/Jan/2012
Source: Ma'an News

CAIRO (Ma’an) — The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has granted citizenship to 651 children with non-Egyptian fathers, local media reported. Minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrahim said the decision would affect 603 children with Palestinian fathers and Egyptian mothers, Al-Ahram newspaper […]

South Sudan launches passports and national ID cards

Published: 5/Jan/2012
Source: Sudan Tribune

January 3, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan has launched official passports and identity cards for the first time since the country’s independence in July. President Salva Kiir Mayardit announced the official launch of the documents at a ceremony in Juba […]

Mozambique: Fighting Statelessness

Published: 1/Jan/2012
Source: UNHCR

Mozambique has not signed any of the Statelessness Conventions (neither the 1954 nor the 1961 Statelessness Conventions), although it has adopted a number of international and regional human rights instruments containing important references to nationality. The issue of Statelessness; however, […]

UNHCR Discussion Paper on Nationality Issues in Sudan and South Sudan

Published: 31/Déc/2011
Source: UNHCR

The United Nations General Assembly has entrusted UNHCR with a global mandate to protect stateless persons, and to prevent and reduce statelessness1. This mandate includes the UNHCR’s responsibility for providing legal advice on the two international Conventions addressing statelessness, namely […]