By Bobby Mkangi There has been some debate around the citizenship chapter on Article 14 (4), which states that: « A child found in Kenya who is or appears to be less than eight years of age, and whose nationality and […]
Summary prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) of the annex to Human rights Council resolution 5/1: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya A/HRC/WG.6/9/LBY/3 Section 6, on Minorities and indigenous peoples, includes information […]
By Rodney Edmond Michael In the last several months, those of us that are Sierra Leoneans of Caucasian (white) Skin have been shocked, embarrassed and discouraged by an Immigration Policy demanding we seek clearance as Sierra Leoneans before traveling with […]
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report- Universal Periodic Review: MOZAMBIQUE Includes information relating to the right to a nationality. Download file UNHCR_Submission-Mozambique-UPR_2010
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Compilation Report-Universal Periodic Review: Mozambique. Report considers the right to asylum and the right to nationality. Download from UNHCR website.
Study commissioned by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights(KNCHR) in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The study examines the issue of statelessness within the Kenyan context. Drawing on fieldwork, it evaluates the human rights […]
Sudan is preparing to hold a referendum on southern independence in January 2011 as mandated by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Indications suggest that the vote will be overwhelmingly in favor of separation. Although an explosion of full scale north-south […]
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Amends Lei No.2/1992 to provide stronger protections against statelessness. Download: Guinea Bissau Lei da nacionalidade 2010
Pas de recommandations specifiques sur l’enregistrement des naissances ni la nationalité Télécharger au site web OHCHR.
AFP – A Cairo court on Saturday upheld a ruling to strip Egyptian men married to Israeli women of their citizenship in a case that has highlighted national sentiment towards Israel. Judge Mohammed al-Husseini, sitting on the Supreme Administrative Court, said […]
A court in Cairo has upheld a ruling urging the government to consider stripping Egyptian men who are married to Israeli women of their citizenship. The ruling requires officials to send all such cases to the cabinet, to be decided on […]