Le cadre du code de la nationalité au Ghana a été modifié à plusieurs reprises et est actuellement exposé au chapitre III de la Constitution de 1992 et dans le code dit Citizenship Act de 2000. La Constitution prévoit que toute personne née après son entrée en vigueur, que ce soit sur le territoire ou en dehors du Ghana « aura la nationalité ghanéenne à la date de sa naissance si l’un de ses parents ou grands-parents est ou était citoyen du Ghana. » Elle prévoit également une présomption de nationalité en faveur des enfants de parents inconnus. Depuis 1996, certains amendements à la Constitution autorisent la double nationalité.
En 2015, le Comité des Nations Unies des droits de l’enfant a salué des améliorations substantielles dans le domaine de l’enregistrement des naissances, mais a appelé à redoubler d’efforts pour veiller à ce que tous les enfants soient enregistrés. Le Comité a également recommandé le renforcement des protections contre l’apatridie dans les lois nationales du Ghana.
Un grand nombre de populations du Libéria se sont réfugiées au Ghana pendant la longue guerre civile du Libéria, ce qui a conduit à une situation où des Libériens étaient réfugiés au Ghana de façon prolongée, suscitant la discussion de savoir si les réfugiés devraient être autorisés à être naturalisés ou pas.
By Julia Schweers Introduction Ghana’s citizenship laws were first defined with independence from British colonial rule in 1957. Its early citizenship laws established the so-called ‘Lancaster House’ model, which other African states later also used to determine membership at independence, […]
By Nana Konadu Agyeman The Electoral Commission (EC) can now go ahead and lay a bill in Parliament to ensure that the Ghana national identification card, commonly known as Ghana Card will be the sole document of identification of citizenship […]
Supreme Court judgment ruling that persons with dual citizenship can be appointed as Chief Justice, Chief Directors and other positions. Download PDF : Osei-Bonsu-v-AG_GHASC2024
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has conferred Ghanaian citizenship upon the legendary musician, humanitarian, and global icon, Stevland Hardaway Morris, popularly known as, Stevie Wonder. This conferment, according to President Akufo-Addo, not only recognize his immense […]
By Justice Agbenorsi The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional, provisions of the Citizenship Act, 2000 (ACT 581) which prohibits a person with dual citizenship from becoming a Chief Justice, Commissioner, Value Added Tax Service, Director-General, Prisons Service, Chief Fire […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has aborted plans to use a new Constitutional Instrument (C.I) to govern the 2024 General Election. This means that the Ghana Card will not be the sole identity document for the next voters’ registration exercise ahead […]
By Emmanuel K Dogbevi Applying for and getting a travel document such as a passport in most African countries can be a traumatic experience for most citizens. Despite advances in technology, which normally should improve service delivery in particular for […]
The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has said over 800,000 printed national identification cards (Ghana Card) remain uncollected. According to Prof. Attafuah, the NIA has opened a total of 276 district offices which […]
In this blog, Isaac Owusu Nsiah critically discusses the dynamics of the Ghanaian state’s recognition of the Fulani community as migrants and thus non-Ghanaians. He considers how such categorizations are institutionalised in citizen-identifying institutions, translating into widespread exclusions and discriminatory […]
The General Secretary of Tabital Pulaaku International – Ghana chapter, Yakubu Musah Barry, has made an alarming claims regarding the denial of citizenship and discriminatory practices faced by the Fulani community in Ghana. In a recent press conference held in […]
[2023] GHASC 31 (17 May 2023) The controversy in this suit centers on the interpretation and enforcement of article 94 (2) (a). The plaintiff invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Article 2 (1) (b) of the Constitution, […]
By Ayang Macdonald Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) is hoping to be second time lucky in convincing parliament to approve its plan of making the Ghana Card the only ID document required for voter registration. The EC plans to take back […]