1993 (1) ZLR (H) 1-20 The applicant had successfully obtained an order declaring him to be a citizen of Zimbabwe. The respondent refused to release his passport to the applicant. The applicant sought an order requiring his passport to be […]
Jama Yusuph vs Minister for Home Affairs [1990] TZHC 9 (23 July 1990) Coram Kyando, J. Kyando, J.: The applicant in this matter Mohamedi Jama Yusuph, is a Somali by origin. He has filed this application seeking from this court […]
Nationality law repeals and replaces laws No.71/76 and No.31/87. Download file: here (285 kb)
K.C. Okoli, (1990). “Nigerian Citizenship Law: A Current Perspective”, Journal of African Law, Vol.34, pp.27-41. Abstract: Since 1979, there have been significant changes in the law relating to citizenship in Nigeria. These changes came with the enactment in that year […]
Chapter 2 provides for citizenship. Article 4, Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship, states that: (1) The following persons shall be citizens of Namibia by birth: [(a) and (b): Those born in Namibia before independence in 1990 if their parents would […]
Section 152: Repeal of Act No. 14 of 1979, savings and supplementary provisions (2) The Electoral Act, 1979, is repealed. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2):- […] (d) every roll kept by a constituency registrar in terms of section 16 of the […]
Télécharger: Togo Décret No 90-017 application article 5 alinéa 2 du Code des personnes et de la famille
COMMITTEE DEBATES 18 December 1989 -15 January 1990, vol.2 STANDING COMMITTEE ON STANDING RULES AND ORDERS AND INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS (CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS) Discussion of draft constitutional provisions on citizenship starts at p.92. Available at the website of the Legal Assistance Centre, […]
By Jenny Zetterqvist General description of situation of refugees in Botswana in 1987 and their rights in Botswanan law, including to acquire citizenship. Download here (6MB)
Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act, Chapter 4:01, 1 December 1984 This is the official revised edition published in 1996 (Government Printer, Harare). It includes amendment made by Act No. 7 of 1990. Download from Refworld: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b4d74.html
Charles P Gasarasi, « The Mass Naturalization and Further Integration of Rwandese Refugees in Tanzania: Process, Problems and Prospects » Journal of Refugee Studies (1990) 3 (2) Abstract This paper attempts to reconstruct the process which led to Tanzania’s policy of mass […]
The National Commission for Refugees Act governs the entry, treatment and rights of refugees whilst in Nigeria. Part I of the Act defines who may be deemed a refugee and under what circumstances they will be able to remain in […]