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SADC Protocol on Gender and Development

Published: 17/Août/2008
Source: Southern Africa Development Community

Adopted in 2008, entry into force February 2013, in accordance with Article 41. Generally provides for legal equality of men and women, including in relation to rights over children. Article 8(5) specifies that men and women shall have equal rights […]

Zanzibar: Veteran editor stripped of citizenship

Published: 8/Août/2008
Source: The Guardian (Dar es Salaam)

Zanzibar’s Immigration Department has revoked the citizenship of the consultant editor of Fahamu newspaper, Ali Mohammed Nabwa. The revocation comes just days after the Minister for Home Affairs, Capt John Chiligati, restored the editor’s citizenship that was withdrawn after the […]

Evaluation of UNHCR’s returnee reintegration programme in Angola

Published: 1/Août/2008
Source: UNHCR

By Jeff Crisp, José Riera, and Raquel Freitas Para 72: « In the evaluation team’s interviews with returnees, the most frequently cited obstacle to sustainable reintegration was the lack of an Angolan national identity card (‘Bilhete de Identidade’), for which the […]

Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance: Citizenship issues and religious discrimination in administrative procedures

Published: 22/Juil/2008
Source: UN General Assembly

A/63/161 Summary: The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief submits the present report to the General Assembly pursuant to its resolution 62/157. In the report, she gives an overview of the activities carried out under the mandate since […]

Egypt: Child Law No. 12 of 1996, amended by Law No. 126 of 2008

Published: 10/Juil/2008

Official Journal issue no. 13-supplement of 28 March 1996; amended by Law no. 126 of 2008, Official Journal issue no. 24-bis of 15 June 2008, and issue no. 28 of 10 July 2008. Article 6 provides that « Each child shall […]

Namibia: Tlhoro v Minister of Home Affairs

Published: 2/Juil/2008
Source: Namibia High Court

POPPY ELIZABETH TLHORO v MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS, CASE NO. (P) A 159/2000, delivered 2008/07/02. High Court Judgement that the Citizenship Act provision requiring a person naturalising as a Namibian citizen to renounce his or former citizenship is not unconstitutional. […]

Can Refugees Become Citizens of Uganda?

Published: 1/Juil/2008
Source: Refugee Law Project (Kampala)

By Sam Walker The general received wisdom is that there are three potential durable solutions for refugees: (1) voluntary repatriation; (2) resettlement to a third country; and (3) local integration in the country of asylum through the grant of citizenship. […]