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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
« 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Loi n° 32 – 2011 du 3 octobre 2011 modifiant certaines dispositions de la loi n° 35-61 du 20 juin 1961 portant code de la nationalité congolaise L’Assemblée nationale et le Sénat ont délibéré et adopté ; Le Président de […]
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 […]
An Act of Parliament to establish the Kenya Citizens and Foreign Nationals Management Service; to provide for the creation and maintenance of a national population register and the administration of the laws relating to births and deaths, identification and registration […]