Implementation of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness Extracts relevant to Africa Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness In December, in Mali, with UNHCR’s support, a workshop organized by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, focused […]
Highlights • The League of Arab States launched the Arab Declaration on Belonging and Legal Identity to address issues of conflict, displacement, and statelessness by strengthening birth registration systems and advancing legal identity rights, with a particular focus on women’s […]
To regulate the solemnisation of marriages; to provide for the validation and recognition of certain marriages; and to provide for incidental matters. Section 32 provides: Good faith marriages(1) A marriage between a Namibian citizen and a foreign national who is […]
To provide for compilation and maintenance of a Civil Register; to provide for the appointment of Registrar-General and Registrars; to determine the age of certain persons recorded in the Civil Register in accordance with this Act; to provide for name […]
To provide for a process for application for acquisition of Namibian citizenship by naturalisation for holders of South West Africa identification documents; to provide for a process for application for acquisition of Namibian citizenship by birth or descent of the […]
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By Muhamadi Matavu Council for Abavandimwe, a body representing the interests of the Banyarwanda community in Uganda, has recently intensified its advocacy for justice and equal rights. Led by Frank Gashumba, the council has decried the alleged discrimination faced by […]
By Moraa Obiria Tanzanian widows who married Kenyan men decades ago find themselves trapped in a cruel legal limbo, unable to obtain ID cards that would grant them basic rights despite having Kenyan children. Without documentation, they can’t claim their […]
By Mark Banchereau DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent said she had a […]
Dans le cadre de la transition vers un retour à l’ordre constitutionnel, le gouvernement guinéen lance une vaste opération de délivrance gratuite des actes de naissance sur tout le territoire national. Cette initiative, pilotée par le ministère de l’Administration du […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 13 – The government will fast-track applications for dual citizenship for Kenyans who were forced to renounce their citizenship before the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution. Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the new policy is designed […]
Un recul notable en une décennie À l’échelle mondiale, le taux d’enregistrement des naissances a légèrement progressé, passant de 75 % à 77 %, selon l’UNICEF. Cependant, à Madagascar, la situation s’est détériorée. Le taux national d’enregistrement est passé de 83 % en 2012 à 74 % […]