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New policy on Egyptian citizenship for children of Palestinian fathers

Published: 24/Nov/2011
Source: Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT)

By Gianluca P. Parolin, EUDO Citizenship expert for Egypt Arab state authorities have quite consistently refused to naturalise Palestinians or their offspring in a move to allegedly protect Palestinian identity from vanishing with full integration in the host countries, often against […]

On the agenda in Algiers: African children’s rights and nationality

Published: 23/Nov/2011
Source: Open Society Foundations

By Laura Bingham The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) will meet for its 18th Session in Algiers next week (November 27 – December 1, 2011), providing an important occasion for states, civil […]

Thousands of Batswana become foreigners overnight

Published: 18/Nov/2011
Source: Mmegi (Gaborone)

LAWRENCE SERETSE Correspondent Thousands of Batswana who have taken their citizenship for granted until now are reeling in shock after learning that they are foreigners; that is, they are not recognised as Batswana. The problem is that many of them […]

Libya: The World’s Largest Sandbox

Published: 11/Nov/2011
Source: New York Times Borderlines

By Frank Jacobs Borderlines If it bleeds, it leads, goes the journalistic dictum. But the reverse is also true, which is why, through all the millions of words published in the last nine months about Libya, you’ve never heard of […]

Statelessness in Southern Africa

Published: 3/Nov/2011
Source: UNHCR

By Bronwen Manby This background paper was commissioned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for a Regional Conference on Statelessness in Southern Africa, which was hosted by UNHCR in Mbombela (Nelspruit), South Africa 1-3 November 2011. The […]

Code de la nationalité marocaine 1958, modifié 2011

Published: 25/Oct/2011

Dahir n° 1-58-250 du 21 safar 1378 (6 septembre 1958) portant code de la nationalité marocaine Version consolidée en date du 26 octobre 2011 — tel que modifié par les textes suivants Dahir n° 1-11-170 du 27 kaada 1432 (25 […]

Abusing citizenship in Zambia – Again

Published: 17/Oct/2011
Source: Open Society Foundations

By Sebastian Kohn Over the last couple of decades, in many places around the world, the manipulation of citizenship laws for political purposes has been a popular way of excluding opponents and silencing critics. Even though international law provides strong […]

Mauritanie: Memorandum du mouvement « touche pas a ma nationalité »

Published: 6/Oct/2011
Source: http://haratine.blogspot.co.uk/

« La Société mauritanienne est traversée en profondeur par des pratiques persistantes de discrimination de nature ethnique et raciale, ancrées dans les tradition culturelles et prégnantes dans les structures sociales et les mentalités. Des facteurs récurrents dans la société mauritanienne […]

Case watch: An African victory in the struggle against statelessness

Published: 4/Oct/2011
Source: OSF

By Laura Bingham, legal officer for the equality/citizenship issue area of the Open Society Justice Initiative. A decision by an African regional children’s rights committee delivered on behalf of tens of thousands of children in Kenya who grow up without […]

Fear and statelessness in Mauritania

Published: 3/Oct/2011
Source: Open Society Foundations

By Sebastian Kohn Over the past two weeks protests have broken out in Mauritania over an ongoing government census—leaving at least a dozen people reported wounded and one person dead. News agency reports say the protests have involved a movement […]

Morocco: Report on Citizenship Law

Published: 1/Oct/2011
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

Delphine Perrin, « Country report: Morocco », EUDO Citizenship Observatory, October 2011 Abstract Moroccan citizenship has evolved since the colonial period to reflect changing views of allegiance and belonging. Before 1880, the Sultan’s personal legitimacy derived mainly from his status as descendent […]