Reports

CEDAW Concluding Observations: Chad 2025

Published: 7/Jul/2025
Source: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Chad CEDAW/C/TCD/CO/5 Extracts: Nationality 31. The Committee notes that the 2023 Constitution of Chad recognizes the equal right of women and men to confer their nationality to their children. However, it notes […]

Birth Registration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current levels and trends

Published: 25/Mar/2025
Source: UNICEF

This publication presents the latest estimates of the number of unregistered children under age 5 and under age 1 in sub-Saharan Africa as well as at the global level and in other regions of the world. In addition, the report […]

UNHCR Campaign to end statelessness Update October – December 2024

Published: 10/Mar/2025
Source: UNHCR

Implementation of the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness Extracts relevant to Africa Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness In December, in Mali, with UNHCR’s support, a workshop organized by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, focused […]

UNHCR Campaign to End Statelessness Update July – September 2024

Published: 6/Jan/2025
Source: UNHCR

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 […]

Policy Brief: Addressing documentation and modern slavery risks in Kenya – Key recommendations and best practices

Published: 30/Oct/2024
Source: United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) and the Freedom Fund

By Heaven Crawley, Linda Ouchoi and Angharad Smith Introduction There is growing recognition that people who lack official documentation are often unable to access their basic rights and entitlements, contributing to a myriad of complex challenges including social stigma, economic […]

UNHCR Campaign to end statelessness Update April – June 2024

Published: 23/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR

Extracts relevant to Africa: • The new Global Alliance to End Statelessness, set to be officially launched on 14 October at the high-level segment on statelessness, has already garnered support and membership of over 80 entities (States, regional organizations, UN, […]

From Stateless to Citizens: the journey of the Shona community in Kenya

Published: 11/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR

This policy brief examines the socioeconomic progress of the Shona community in Kenya since gaining citizenship in 2020-21. Previously stateless, the Shona faced barriers to formal employment, financial services, and social protection. Citizenship has enabled 86% of the community to […]

Rapport sur le droit de la citoyenneté : Benin

Published: 7/Oct/2024
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

Eric Codjo Montcho Agbassa et Renaud Fiacre Avlessi COUNTRY REPORT RSC/GLOBALCIT-CR 2024/03 1. Introduction Le Dahomey d’alors, Bénin aujourd’hui, ancienne colonie de la France, n’avait pas une législation propre sur la nationalité ; avant la décolonisation, les ressortissants dahoméens étaient […]

Protection Brief: Access to birth registration in Ethiopia

Published: 3/Oct/2024
Source: UNHCR Ethiopia

A birth registration is the official recording of the birth of a child through a state’s administrative process. It is a permanent and official record of a child’s existence. Although birth registration is different from the process of acquiring nationality, […]

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