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Kenya: Orphans win battle for identity papers

Published: 8/Avr/2011
Source: The Nation (Nairobi)

In Summary: New regulation a big relief for children whose parents died without acquiring papers for them as they risked missing out on national exams and inheritance– In normal circumstances in Kenya, it would take a long time for Victor […]

De Jure Statelessness in the Real World: Applying the Prato Summary Conclusions

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

by Laura Bingham, Julia Harrington Reddy & Sebastian Kohn   Open Society Justice Initiative This Open Society Justice Initiative paper examines the definition of a stateless person under international law and the implications this definition has for victims of statelessness around the world. In May 2010, […]

Out in the Cold: Vetting for Nationality in Kenya

Published: 1/Mar/2011
Source: Open Society Foundations

By Sebastian Kohn Abdulhaleem El-Busaidy is only one of millions of Kenyans who are discriminated against in access to Kenyan nationality—despite having a clear right to it under Kenyan law. The main problem is discrimination in the issuance of national ID […]

Sudan: Dr. Medani calls for new political agreement

Published: 23/Fév/2011
Source: The Niles

The people of Southern Sudan voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence from Sudan as a whole last month, according to official results released on Monday 7 February 2011. With the South seceding from the North of Sudan, an intense political […]

Kenya: MUHURI and another v. Registrar of Persons and others

Published: 18/Fév/2011
Source: Kenya High Court at Mombasa

Petition No.1 of 2011 Ruling that additional documents cannot be required for Kenyans of Asian or Arab descent or Muslims to obtain a national ID. Download file: MUHURI v Registrar Judgement 2011

International Law and the Right to Nationality in Sudan

Published: 7/Fév/2011
Source: Open Society Foundations

Paper by Bronwen Manby, published in advance of the 2011 referendum on the secession of South Sudan. — Summary Among the many critically important choices that Sudan is facing in the context of the referendums on the status of South […]

Peace and Security Council should protect the right to a nationality in Sudan

Published: 28/Jan/2011
Source: Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative

More than two dozen civil society organisations called today on the AU’s Peace and Security Council to ensure that the rights of all Sudan’s existing citizens to a nationality are fully protected following the probable secession of South Sudan. The […]