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ACERWC Report on Follow-Up Mission to Liberia

Published: 15/Jan/2020
Source: African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Report of the ACERWC on the Follow-Up Mission Conducted to Monitor the Implementation of its Concluding Observations and Recommendations to the Republic of Liberia 06-08 November 2019 Extract: 7.4. Civil Rights and Freedoms i. Birth registration The Committee notes that […]

Deadline looms for biometric SIM card registration in Tanzania

Published: 8/Jan/2020
Source: Global Voices

By Amanda Lichtenstein Tanzanian citizens have until January 20, 2020, to register their SIM cards through the new biometric registration system launched by the Tanzanian Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) on May 1, 2019. The biometric SIM card registration process means […]

Tanzania: Birthrate in Refugee Camps Set for Check

Published: 8/Jan/2020
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)

By Maureen Odunga and Faustine Kapama THE government has revealed that plans are in place to counter the runaway birthrate in refugee camps in Kigoma Region that result in 600 babies being born in every month. In an exclusive interview […]

Aperçu des systèmes ESEC au Niger

Published: 1/Jan/2020
Source: Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems, IDRC, Canada

Par Mia Harbitz Introduction Le présent rapport vise à donner un aperçu du système d’enregistrement et de statistiques de l’état civil (ESEC) au Niger. L’information s’appuie sur un questionnaire rempli par le bureau d’état civil du Niger, ainsi que sur […]

Exploring childhood statelessness in South Africa

Published: 1/Jan/2020
Source: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

By Fatima Khan Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal Vol. 23, No. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-20497a5719 Abstract The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees set a 10-year timeline in 2014 to prevent childhood statelessness and believes this is possible if the following four steps […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update Oct-Dec 2019

Published: 30/Déc/2019
Source: UNHCR

Includes the following information from Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 3 October, UNHCR organized a roundtable discussion in Juba, South Sudan, on accession to the two UN Statelessness Conventions. The roundtable was organized in close collaboration with the […]

Tanzania: Govt Urged to Extend SIM Card Registration Deadline

Published: 27/Déc/2019
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)

By Meddy Mulisa in Bukoba As the December 31, 2019 deadline for biometric SIM card registration draws near, some Kagera residents have appealed to the National Identification Agency (NIDA) to speed up issuance of identity cards to avoid inconvenience. Mr […]

Liberia: Article 28 Not Ambiguous to Multiple Interpretations in Dual Citizenship Saga

Published: 26/Déc/2019
Source: Front Page Africa (Monrovia)

By A. Teage Jalloh, Esq., ateage@gmail.com, Contributing Writer Some constitutional provisions are ambiguous and subject to multiple interpretations. One provision that is not ambiguous, however, is Article 28 of the 1986 Liberian Constitution which states, in relevant part, that “Any […]