Trevor Ncube, the chief executive of the Mail & Guardian, said on Tuesday that he was « delighted » that the Zimbabwe High Court in Harare would meet on January 24 to consider the threat to withdraw his Zimbabwean citizenship. The Zimbabwe […]
CIV/APN/216/2005 Land dispute in which dual citizenship with South Africa an issue. Download from LesothoLII
According to information provided to the International Press Institute (IPI), Trevor Ncube, the publisher of the privately owned Zimbabwe Independent and Zimbabwe Standard, is facing renewed attempts to deny him Zimbabwean citizenship. At present, Ncube is seeking a High Court […]
SUR une population totale estimée actuellement à plus de dix-sept millions d’habitants, Madagascar compte moins de quinze mille personnes d’origine indienne. C’est une toute petite minorité en nombre, correspondant à moins de 0.10% de la population totale du pays. Mais […]
Par Delphine Perrin Lien juridique et politique unissant une personne à un État, la nationalité constitue un élément fondamental et nécessaire à l’identité individuelle. Fondamental parce qu’elle détermine autant qu’elle découle de l’appartenance à une communauté humaine ; nécessaire car, dans […]
Download file: Zimbabwe Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act 2007 (.doc, 228 kb)
Study by the national human rights commission « precipitated by numerous complaints … alleging discrimination in the issuance of Identity Cards against residents of northern Kenya, particularly those of Somali ethnic origin. » Download file: here
By Celestsine Nyamu-Musembi Chapter in: Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Navsharan Singh (eds.), Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development, Ottawa and New Delhi: IDRC and Kali for Women, 2007 Original available at: https://www.idrc.ca/en/book/gender-justice-citizenship-and-development This essay presents an overview of key issues in literature […]
Texte mis a jour au 31 décembre 2006. Préliminaires Livre premier Code des personnes et de la famille Décret-Loi n° 1/024 du 28 avril 1993 portant réforme du code des personnes et de la famille Livre deuxième Des biens et […]
Amendments to the 1973 Citizenship in order to : permit a citizen of Sierra Leone to hold a citizenship of another country in addition to his citizenship of Sierra Leone; and remove gender discrimination in attribution of citizenship to children […]
Compilation of extracts from relevant Concluding Observations from the Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, prepared by the Open Society Justice Initiative. — Discrimination in relation to right to nationality Discrimination against non-citizens, in particular stateless persons Committee on the Elimination […]
As published in Laws of Kenya, Revised 2012 The Refugees Act, 2006 makes ‘provisions for the recognition, protection and management of refugees and for connected purposes’ in Kenya. It makes no specific provision for acquisition of citizenship or permanent residence […]