Nationality in Niger is governed by the 1984 nationality code as modified in 1999 and 2014. The 1999 amendment allowed Nigerien women to transmit their nationality to their children on equal terms with men. Women were still not able to pass on their nationality to their spouse on the same basis as men. The 2014 amendment removed restrictions on dual nationality and also removed gender inequality in transmission of nationality between spouses.
In 2009, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child noted with appreciation that Niger had enacted legislation which is intended to increase birth registration, but was concerned that birth registration had in fact decreased, and was still difficult in rural and remote areas.
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 […]
Les autorités nigériennes ont annoncé mardi de nouvelles déchéances provisoires de nationalité visant des responsables et proches du pouvoir civil renversé en juillet 2023 par un coup d’État. Ces sept personnes sont soupçonnées « d’attentats terroristes » ou encore « […]
On October 10, Niger’s junta leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani, signed a decree provisionally removing Nigerien nationality from nine people linked to former President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in July 2023 and remains wrongfully detained. The decree is based upon an earlier order establishing […]
Neuf responsables du régime civil nigérien renversé en juillet 2023 sont “provisoirement déchus” de leur nationalité, soupçonnés notamment “d’intelligence avec une puissance étrangère” et de “complot contre l’autorité de l’Etat”, a annoncé jeudi le gouvernement militaire. Le général Abdourahamane Tiani, […]
Au Niger, le président Abdourahmane Tiani a signé hier mardi 27 août 2024 l’ordonnance instituant un fichier sur lequel seront inscrits les noms de personnes, groupes ou entités impliqués dans des actes terroristes ou dans toutes autres infractions portant atteinte […]
Selected extracts relevant to Africa: Highlights The Republic of Congo officially joined the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions, fulfilling a commitment made at the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness. Sao Tome and Principe’s President signed a decree for the country’s […]
By Antonia Vadala, in Abala In the heart of the vast, arid landscapes of Niger, a silent yet critical issue lurks – the risk of statelessness. Stateless individuals, stripped of any recognized nationality, find themselves trapped in a legal limbo, […]
Extracts: INTRODUCTION This Report, under Rule 64 of the Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), gives an account of the human rights promotion and protection activities carried out during the intersession period […]
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Welcome Restoration of “A” Status for Niger’s National Human Rights Commission, Ask Questions on Descent-Based Slavery and Child Statelessness The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its […]
L’on apprend que c’est IDEMIA qui cherche, sans passer par les procédures normales consacrées, à s’accaparer du marché de confection de la carte nationale d’identité biométrique au Niger. Selon de sources crédibles, il y a quelques agitations pour attribuer le […]
Le 22 février 2023, la Représentante de l’OIF pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest a participé à la remise officielle au Ministre de l’Intérieur et de la Décentralisation du Niger du « Plan stratégique pour l’amélioration du système d’enregistrement des faits d’état […]
It’s one of the major misstep of the Arusha’s white elephant, also known as the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). A year ago, its Arusha branch sent eight acquitted and released Rwandan persons to Niger, but Niger then said it […]