Columnist: Nukunu Foga As Electoral Commission of Ghana prepares to embark on voter registration for the 2020 general elections, some misguided or misinformed Ghanaians have started pointing figures at some Ghanaians calling them foreigners. For instance, a cousin to the […]
By Bronwen Manby More than one third of global migration has low and middle income countries as the destination; three-quarters of the global refugee population is hosted by countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America and the Caribbean. Yet few […]
By Mthabisi Tshuma SOME rural folk in Zimbabwe remain excluded from social amenities due to the lack of official identity documents. Birth registration allows one to enjoy a lot of other rights such as the right to education, health, social […]
Ife Ogunfuwa The National Identity Management Commission says it has enrolled and issued 41 million Nigerians with National Identity Number as of today. The Director-General at the NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, in an interview with journalists, said enrolment was ongoing for […]
Lawyers for Human Rights (“LHR”) welcomes the judgment handed on 19 May 2020 by Rugunanan J of the Makhanda High Court where it confirmed the right of unmarried fathers to register the births of their children. This appeal follows the […]
By Ray Hartle The legal ban on an unmarried father registering his child’s birth has been lifted by three judges of the high court in Makhanda, changing the status of countless “invisible” children whose births are not reflected on the […]
Fathers to be able to register the births of their children without the mother being present or giving consent By Tania Broughton In a victory for “invisible, undocumented children”, unwed fathers will soon be able to register the births of […]
Les députés ont adopté mercredi à l’Assemblée nationale, la Loi portant organisation de l’état civil au Tchad. La plénière, présidée par Dr. Haroun Kabadi, a eu lieu en présence notamment du ministre en charge de la sécurité, Mahamat Abali Salah. […]
(CA 319/2018) ; [2020] ZAECGHC 43 (19 May 2020) [Extract from Centre for Child Law pre-hearing summary: The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) brought the case of Naki and Others v Director General: Department of Home Affairs and Another (Case No […]
Zvamaida Murwira, Senior Reporter The Public Service Commission (PSC) has suspended without salary and allowances Registrar-General Clemence Masango who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office as a public officer after he allegedly instructed CMED to buy a double […]
par Sonia Rolley Des organisations de la société civile, congolaises, comme internationales, montent au créneau sur la question du marché des passeports. Publicité Jusqu’à la mi-juin, la société belge SemLex devrait les produire. Le coût officiel est de 185 dollars […]
La Fédération Internationale pour les Droits Humains, la Ligue des droits humains (Belgique) et UNIS (Réseau Panafricain de Lutte contre la Corruption) se sont constituées parties civiles le 8 mai 2020 dans l’enquête pénale que la Belgique mène depuis 2017 […]