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.
As the polls approach, deep divisions focus more on candidates’ personal backgrounds than Niger’s security and development challenges. by Ornella Moderan and Habibou Souley Bako On 13 and 27 December, some 7.4 million Nigeriens vote in the country’s local, legislative…
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2020—The World Bank approved today $273 million in International Development Association (IDA)* financing for Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger to facilitate access to services for millions of people, especially women and the poorest segments of society.…
Extracts: Mobilizing governments and civil society From 2 to 5 March, in Rubavu, Rwanda, UNHCR and the newly established Government Taskforce on Statelessness convened to discuss statelessness eradication and methodologies to identify stateless persons. In line with the pledges made…
By Mia Harbitz Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide a brief introduction to the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system in Niger. The information is based on a questionnaire completed by the Niger Civil Registry along…
Includes the following information from Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 3 October, UNHCR organized a roundtable discussion in Juba, South Sudan, on accession to the two UN Statelessness Conventions. The roundtable was organized in close collaboration with the…
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.…
Highlights from Africa: Angola acceded to both the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The adoption of National Action Plans to Eradicate Statelessness in Niger, Eswatini and the…
Le Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaire des Nations unies (Unocha) a publié ce 25 septembre un aperçu de ses actions de protection au Niger. Il en ressort que quelques 1 154 personnes à risque d’apatridie ont reçu des documents d’état…
Le gouvernement nigérien a adopté mardi en conseil des ministres un plan d’action national de lutte contre l’apatridie dans le pays, conformément à l’appel mondial à éradiquer le phénomène à l’horizon 2024, apprend-on mercredi de source officielle à Niamey. Le…
By Lisa Mueller and Abhit Bhandari On July 10, authorities from Niger and Burkina Faso signed an accord to ease interstate cooperation on issues of counterterrorism, economic development and natural resource management. “There will be a border but we will act as…
Les parlementaires nigériens réunis en séance plénière de la première session ordinaire de l’année 2019, ont adopté le 18 juin, le projet de loi portant régime de l’état civil en République du Niger. Le texte a été voté à l’unanimité,…
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire–This week, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Government of Côte d’Ivoire are celebrating the second anniversary of the Banjul Plan of Action, which was adopted in 2017 by…