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CDE Observations finales: Niger, 2009

Published: 18/Juin/2009
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/NER/CO/2 Enregistrement des naissances 35.Le Comité prend acte avec satisfaction de l’adoption, en 2007, d’une nouvelle loi sur l’enregistrement des naissances et d’une politique nationale d’enregistrement, de la nomination et de la formation d’agents régionaux et locaux chargés de l’enregistrement […]

CRC Concluding observations: Niger, 2009

Published: 18/Juin/2009
Source: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/NER/CO/2 Enregistrement des naissances 35.Le Comité prend acte avec satisfaction de l’adoption, en 2007, d’une nouvelle loi sur l’enregistrement des naissances et d’une politique nationale d’enregistrement, de la nomination et de la formation d’agents régionaux et locaux chargés de l’enregistrement […]

Gambia: Pap Saine’s nationality question settled

Published: 17/Juin/2009
Source: FOROYAA Newspaper (Banjul)

By Fabakary B. Ceesay Mr. Pap Saine, the Editor, Publisher and Co-proprietor of the Point Newspaper, who was standing trial on the allegation that he is not a Gambian and has acquired Gambian citizenship through falsehood, was Monday 15th June, […]

Botswana Children’s Act 2009

Published: 16/Juin/2009

The act recognises the right of every child in Botswana to nationality from birth (Article 12(1)). According to the act, the child’s birth certificate, issued under Botswana’s Births and Deaths Registration Act, shall be the proof of the nationality of the child. The […]

Kenya: Nowhere to call home in promised land

Published: 13/Juin/2009

Citing a 1956 prophecy by its Zimbabwean founder, members of the Gospel of God Church hold that Kenya is the Promised Land. By JOSEPH NGUNJIRI As popular Christian folklore, mythology and scriptures go, the place variously referred to as Canaan, […]

Uganda: Bill Allowing Dual Citizenship Passed

Published: 10/Juin/2009
Source: Library of Congress (Washington DC)

(June 10, 2009) It was reported on May 17, 2009, that the Ugandan Parliament has passed into law a bill allowing dual citizenship and sent it to the President’s desk for signature (Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Bill of […]

Foreigners at Home: The Dilemma of Citizenship in Northern Kenya

Published: 1/Juin/2009

Report by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (an NGO distinct from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights) on discrimination against members of certain ethnic groups in the acquisition of Kenyan citizenship and national identity cards. Summary Once a neglected […]

Court ruling strips Egyptian men married to Israelis of their nationality

Published: 21/Mai/2009
Source: Daily News Egypt

By Sarah Carr CAIRO: Cairo’s Administrative Court held Tuesday that Egyptian men married to Israeli nationals should be stripped of Egyptian citizenship on “national security grounds ». The ruling obliges the interior minister to “put forward for consideration to the cabinet […]