In Togo, there are conflicting laws regulating access to nationality. The 1992 Constitution provides that nationality is acquired by children who have one parent who is Togolese, whether the father or the mother. The 1978 nationality code, however, has not been amended and discriminates on the basis of gender in transmission of nationality to children (Togolese mothers can only pass on their nationality if the father is stateless or unknown). The 2007 Code de l’enfant, however, also provides detailed provisions on nationality, which are gender neutral. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against women regretted this confusion in 2012.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child reported in 2023 that despite some progress in the improvement in ensuring the rights of children, and adoption of new legislation, a large number of children are still not registered at birth. The Committee welcomed the fact that Togo deposited instruments of accession to both statelessness treaties in 2021, and urged the country to remove barriers to nationality for the children of Togolese mothers and foreign fathers, and the children of refugees.
Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality on their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR.1 Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an annual background note on gender equality in provisions […]
CRC/C/TGO/CO/5-6 Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Togo [Extract] Birth registration and nationality 23.The Committee welcomes the ratifications by the State party, in 2021, of the Convention relating […]
(Togo First) – Au Togo, le démarrage des opérations d’enregistrement biométrique dans le cadre du projet de numéro d’identification unique est prévu au dernier trimestre de cette année. C’est ce qu’a annoncé l’Agence nationale d’identification (ANID), à la faveur de […]
(Togo First) – Between September and October 2022, 1,342 Togolese received their certificate of citizenship. According to Togo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the recipients live in Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Nigeria. The Ministry added that more diaspora members should […]
(Togo First) – Au Togo, une nouvelle étape vient d’être franchie dans la mise en place du système d’identification biométrique. L’Agence togolaise d’identification, (ANID-TOGO), a annoncé dans un communiqué publié ce jeudi 1er juin 2023, avoir confié la construction du […]
(Togo Officiel) – Après le recensement général de la population et le recensement électoral en cours, le président togolais, Faure Gnassingbé, a annoncé lors d’une interview avec la chaîne New World TV, en marge des festivités du 63e anniversaire de […]
Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality on their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR. Since 2012, UNHCR has, in line with its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness, […]
Le certificat de naissance est un document essentiel pour chaque nouveau-né. Les enfants dont les parents n’en ont pas fait établir un à leur naissance n’ont pas les mêmes droits que les autres au regard de la loi. Au Togo, […]
By Michael OFFERMANN 1. Introduction Togo is a narrow, oblong country in West Africa, roughly 50 km wide and 650 km long, situated between Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso. It is made up of about two thirds of the territory […]
Projet de loi (telle qu’adoptée par l’Assemblée nationale 16 juin 2022): Loi No portant modifcation de la Loi No 2020-009 du 10 septembre 2020 Tableau d’amendements: Tableau damendement – Projet de Loi portant modification de la Loi No 2020-009 du […]
(Togo First) – Lomé accueille depuis ce mardi 17 mai 2022, un atelier sous-régional du programme d’identification unique pour l’intégration régionale et l’inclusion en Afrique de l’Ouest (WURI). La rencontre de 3 jours, à l’initiative de l’Unité de gestion du […]
Including information on Benin, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone & Togo. Extracts: Gambia Local integration remains the most viable option for Senegalese refugees. During the last verification exercise, the intention survey indicated that103 refugee households are willing to […]