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 […]
CEDAW/C/ZMB/CO/5-6 Nationality 27. The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for the fact that, since its previous report, spouses have equal opportunities regarding the application and acquisition of Zambian citizenship and for ensuring the equality of spouses or […]
Les problèmes rencontrés par la Direction de la nationalité et du Sceau dans l’établissement du certificat de nationalité togolaise à certaines catégories de personnes devant en bénéficier, ont conduit le garde des sceaux, ministre de la justice chargé des relations […]
By John Campbell International Journal of Refugee Law Vol. 23 No. 4 pp. 656–679 Abstract Across Africa, citizenship is being manipulated and restricted to deny rights to those whom a state wishes to marginalize or exclude. This occurred on a […]
Nasredeen Abdulbari Journal of African Law, 55, 2 (2011), pp.157–180 Abstract Affiliation with a political community or entity has throughout history been important for the purposes of protection and belonging. This article discusses the concept of citizenship in Sudan in […]
Le Groupe de travail sur l’Examen périodique universel, créé conformément à la résolution 5/1 du Conseil des droits de l’homme en date du 18 juin 2007, a tenu sa onzième session du 2 au 13 mai 2011. L’Examen concernant la […]
Blog article by Lucy Hovil, senior researcher at the International Refugee Rights Initiative. Read on Open Society Foundations website.
On 25 May 2011, a Tripartite Commission comprised of the governments of Tanzania and Burundi and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met in Dar es Salaam to discuss the future of repatriation efforts for Burundian refugees. The situation […]
The Act provides that « Every child shall have a right to have her or his identity preserved » but does not contain any provision recognising children’s right to nationality. The Act requires the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to work with […]
Original version. The text was amended in 2012 and 2014. Download file: The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011 (PDF, 315kb)
NAIROBI, Kenya – Growing up in Kenya, Adam Hussein Adam received several attractive offers: a place on the national rugby team, a scholarship to study in New Zealand or work for international organisations in the Middle East and Somalia. He […]
The Registrar General’s office has been urged to facilitate the accessing of national identity documents by children living on the streets. Tapuwa Mutseyekwa, of UNICEF, told a recent media training workshop that swelling numbers of street children faced an impossible […]