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.
Law activist and academician, Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare aka Kwaku Azar has once again penned a position challenging the explanation given by some individuals on the position of the law on dual citizenship. The outspoken lawyer in his article explained…
MP-elect for Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo has fought off claims that she holds dual citizenship despite contesting and winning the parliamentary seat for the constituency. Adelaide Yaa Agyeiwaa Ntim has revealed that she renounced her American citizenship months to the elections. “I heard that…
Biometric ID systems are proliferating across Africa but without the appropriate protections for citizens, say activists. By Madeleine Speed In January this year, Kenya’s High Court halted the roll-out of the country’s controversial biometric ID, the Huduma Namba, citing the…
This report provides an overview and analysis of Ghana’s identification ecosystem (IE). It discusses seven major identification (ID) systems: Birth Certificates, Voter ID cards, National Health Insurance cards, Driver’s Licences, Passports, National Identification cards (Ghanacard), and SIM cards. The authors…
By Kwame Ohene Asare Whilst we endure the restrictions brought on by the ongoing pandemic and savour the unison, if not euphony of speeches and even having endured the petering out of rants, rages and chants triggered by the wicked…
By Kofi Ata I have had the opportunity of reading the written judgement of the Supreme Court (SC) in the case of the National Democratic Congress/Mark Banson v the Electoral Commission (EC)/the Attorney General and whilst I agree with most…
By Danielle Paquette Kimberly Reese has never visited Ghana, but she is already designing her dream home there. The Ohio mother of five says she doesn’t feel safe in the United States. “Some of us are tired,” said Reese, 54.…
By Babs-Khalid Hassan A.k.a. Babs Dopouh I observed with a keen interest in how our people in the Zongos are being subjected to the trash by politicians. They all have the same message when they are in Zongos, all they…
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision excluded the use of the existing voter identification card as proof of eligibility for a new one in the upcoming voter registration exercise. While agreeing with the National Democratic Congress, the plaintiff,…
Vice President of Imani Africa and technologist Bright Simons has stated that the justification of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) that the old register contains names of unqualified persons so must be discarded for a new one is a…