La nationalité au Lesotho est régie par la Constitution de 1993, chapitre IV sur la nationalité, qui prévoit l’attribution de la nationalité d’origine fondée sur la naissance au Lesotho.
La loi ne permet pas la double nationalité. Compte tenu de la situation géographique du Lesotho, qui est entouré par l’Afrique du Sud, et des nombreux Basotho qui sont des travailleurs migrants, la question de la double nationalité a conduit à des litiges devant les tribunaux du Lesotho.
Le Comité des Nations Unies sur les droits de l’enfant a exprimé sa préoccupation quant au faible niveau d’enregistrement des naissances.
EXTRAITS — ÉVOLUTION DE LA LÉGISLATION ET DES POLITIQUES Eswatini Le 6 avril, une requête a été déposée auprès de la Haute Cour du Royaume d’Eswatini (Eswatini) pour que les lois limitant la transmission de la citoyenneté des femmes swazi […]
By Anette Bayer Forsingdal, Dianne Hubbard and Adrijana Corluka Scope and objectives of the study This report focuses on the nexus between birth registration, citizenship and statelessness in the 16 member states of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). The […]
Le Réseau d’Afrique australe pour la nationalité (SANN), en partenariat avec le HCR, publie un bulletin trimestriel sur l’apatridie en Afrique australe. Le bulletin présente des mises à jour d’organisations et d’institutions œuvrant à éradiquer l’apatridie dans la région et […]
We have seen good progress in achieving equality in nationality laws with 19 countries making partial or full legal reforms and making significant commitments at the regional and global levels since Equality Now began in-depth work advocating for the reform […]
Pule, N. (2021). Digital Identity in Lesotho: Case study conducted as part of a ten-country exploration of socio-digital ID systems in parts of Africa (Towards the Evaluation of Digital ID Ecosystems in Africa: Findings from Ten Countries) [Case study]. Research […]
Research ICT Africa and the Centre for Internet and Society (Delhi, India) partnered in 2021 to examine the design, development, governance, and implementation of evolving socio-digital identity ecosystems in ten African countries. (We explained the background to and reasons for […]
By Rachel Ort & Tumelo Raboletsi By putting people at the center, Lesotho’s Department of National ID and Civil Registry (NICR) in the Ministry of Home Affairs is laying a solid foundation for a simpler, more efficient government. Trusted and […]
By Bronwen Manby Overview of the report This study seeks to provide a comparative analysis of nationality law and its implementation in SADC Member States and highlight the gaps that allow statelessness; to identify the populations that may be stateless […]
Update on pledges Awareness and advocacy Issuance of nationality documentation Strengthening birth registration Legislative reform Accession to conventions Protecting stateless people Measuring statelessness Download : https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/82610
A total of 358 pledges were submitted on the occasion of the the High-Level Segment on Statelessness in October 2019. 252 of these pledges were delivered by States, 73 by civil society organizations, and 33 by international and regional organizations. […]
1. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN) and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges […]
Including the following information on African states: On 17 and 18 January, the Kenya Human Rights Commission convened a workshop on digital identity and citizenship with representatives from the Government of Kenya and from stateless communities in Naivasha, Kenya. The […]