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    A Study of Statelessness in South Sudan, UNHCR, 2017

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    A Study of Statelessness in South Sudan, UNHCR, 2017
    Published: 29 May 2018 (23 days ago)
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    ICGLR Member States conclude first regional workshop on the eradication of statelessness

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    Joint ICGLR - UNHCR Press Release
    Published: 1 May 2018 (1 month ago)
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    Les Etats membres de la CIRGL concluent leur premier atelier régional sur l'éradication de l'apatridie

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    Communiqué de presse conjoint CIRGL - HCR
    Published: 1 May 2018 (1 month ago)
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    Os Estados-Membros da CIRGL terminaram o 1o Workshop Regional sobre a Erradicação da Apatridia na Região dos Grandes Lagos

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    Comunicado de Imprensa Conjunto
    Published: 1 May 2018 (1 month ago)
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    Nairobi Appeal for regional coordination to eradicate statelessness in the East African Community

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    December 2017
    Published: 1 December 2017 (6 months ago)
    Uploaded: 19 April 2018 (2 months ago)
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    7ème SOMMET ORDINAIRE DES CHEFS D’ÉTAT ET DE GOUVERNEMENT DE LA CIRGL

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    Press Release
    Published: 19 October 2017 (8 months ago)
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    7ª CIMEIRA ORDINÁRIA DOS CHEFES DE ESTADO E DE GOVERNO

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    Press Release
    Published: 19 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    القمة السابعة لرؤساء الدول والحكومات للدول الأعضاء في المؤتمر الدولي لدول إقليم البحيرات

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    Press Release
    Published: 19 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    A Study of Statelessness in South Sudan, UNHCR, 2017

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    A Study of Statelessness in South Sudan, UNHCR, 2017
    Published: 29 May 2018 (23 days ago)
    Uploaded: 30 May 2018 (21 days ago)
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    Citizenship Law in Africa: A Comparative Study

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    3rd edition (2016)
    Published: 1 January 2016 (2 years ago)
    Uploaded: 19 April 2018 (2 months ago)
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    The Right to Nationality in Africa

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    African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    Published: 1 January 2015 (3 years ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    Le droit à la nationalité en Afrique

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    Commission Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples
    Published: 1 January 2015 (3 years ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    Les lois sur la nationalité en Afrique : Une étude comparée

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    2eme edition (2010)
    Published: 1 January 2010 (8 years ago)
    Uploaded: 19 April 2018 (2 months ago)
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    ICGLR Member States conclude first regional workshop on the eradication of statelessness

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    Joint ICGLR - UNHCR Press Release
    Published: 1 May 2018 (1 month ago)
    Uploaded: 23 May 2018 (28 days ago)
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    Les Etats membres de la CIRGL concluent leur premier atelier régional sur l'éradication de l'apatridie

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    Communiqué de presse conjoint CIRGL - HCR
    Published: 1 May 2018 (1 month ago)
    Uploaded: 23 May 2018 (28 days ago)
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    Os Estados-Membros da CIRGL terminaram o 1o Workshop Regional sobre a Erradicação da Apatridia na Região dos Grandes Lagos

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    Comunicado de Imprensa Conjunto
    Published: 1 May 2018 (1 month ago)
    Uploaded: 23 May 2018 (28 days ago)
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    Nairobi Appeal for regional coordination to eradicate statelessness in the East African Community

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    December 2017
    Published: 1 December 2017 (6 months ago)
    Uploaded: 19 April 2018 (2 months ago)
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    7ème SOMMET ORDINAIRE DES CHEFS D’ÉTAT ET DE GOUVERNEMENT DE LA CIRGL

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    Press Release
    Published: 19 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    7ª CIMEIRA ORDINÁRIA DOS CHEFES DE ESTADO E DE GOVERNO

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    Press Release
    Published: 19 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    القمة السابعة لرؤساء الدول والحكومات للدول الأعضاء في المؤتمر الدولي لدول إقليم البحيرات

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    Press Release
    Published: 19 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    7th Ordinary Smmit of ICGLR Heads of State and Government

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    Press Release
    Published: 19 October 2017 (8 months ago)
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    General Comment No. 2 on Article 6 of the ACRWC: "The Right to a Name, Registration at Birth, and to Acquire a Nationality," African Committ...

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    The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
    Published: 1 January 2014 (4 years ago)
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    Observation Générale sur l’Article 6 de la Charte Africaine des Droits et du Bien-être de l’Enfant, Comité Africain d’Experts sur les Droits...

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    Comité Africain d’Experts sur les Droits et le Bien-être de l’Enfant
    Published: 1 January 2014 (4 years ago)
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    Plan d'Action global visant à mettre fin à l'apatridie

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    UNHCR
    Published: 30 November 2014 (3 years ago)
    Uploaded: 21 February 2017 (1 year ago)
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    Global Action Plan to End Statelessness

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    UNHCR
    Published: 30 November 2014 (3 years ago)
    Uploaded: 21 February 2017 (1 year ago)
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    Declaração dos Estados-Membro da Conferência International sobre a Região dos Grandes Lagos (CIRGL) sobre a Erradicação da Apatridia

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    2017
    Published: 15 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    Declaration of International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Member States on the Eradication of Statelessness

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    2017
    Published: 15 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 8 June 2018 (12 days ago)
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    Plano de Acção da Conferência Internacional sobre a Região dos Grandes Lagos para a Erradicação da Apatridia

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    2017 - 2019
    Published: 15 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    Action Plan of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) On the Eradication of Statelessness

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    2017 - 2019
    Published: 15 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    إعالن الدول األعضاء بالمؤتمر الدولي لمنطقة البحيرات العظمى بشأن القضاء على ظاهرة إنعدام الجنسية

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    2017/10/15
    Published: 15 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    خطة عمل المؤتمر الدولي لمنطقة البحيرات العظمى (ICGLR (بشأن القضاء على ظاهرة إنعدام الجنسية

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    2017 - 2019
    Published: 15 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    Plan d'Action de la Conférence Internationale sur la Région des Grands Lacs pour l'Eradication de l'Apatridie

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    2017 - 2019
    Published: 15 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    Déclaration des Etats Membres de la Conférence Internationale sur la Région des Grands Lacs (CIRGL) sur l’éradication de l’Apatridie

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    2017
    Published: 15 October 2017 (8 months ago)
    Uploaded: 26 March 2018 (2 months ago)
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    Member States Experts Meeting on the Draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Specific Aspects on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa.
    Civil Society Resources
    Nubian Community in Kenya v. Kenya
    Children of Nubian Descent in Kenya v. Kenya
    Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative (en français)
    Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative
    UNHCR
    Ending Statelessness
    UNHCR
    RefWorld | Statelessness
    UNHCR
    UNHCR multimedia
    UNHCR helps document internally displaced people at risk of statelessness
    Preventing statelessness in South Sudan
    « J’ai l’impression de renaître» : la citoyenneté apporte un nouvel espoir à une minorité apatride au Kenya
    ‘I feel like I am born again’: citizenship brings hope to stateless minority in Kenya
    Stateless people know where they belong
    Kenya’s stateless Makonde people finally obtain papers
    Birth registration drive combats statelessness among Kenya’s coastal Pemba community
    The Makonde: From statelessness to citizenship in Kenya
    The Shona: A stateless community in Kenya yearning to gain citizenship
    Birth registration: the first step in ending statelessness
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    Africa’s invisible millions survive without ID documents

    Equal Times, 22 Mar 2018

    Few people in the Kiambaa area of Kikuyu constituency on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital can dispute Mushewa Ndolo’s talent as a carpenter. His hard work, and not to mention his handiwork, has endeared him to dozens of loyal clients for whom he has tailor-made furniture. Read more

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    Amendments to Sudanese Nationality Act approved

    Dabanga, 26 Feb 2018

    The Sudanese Council of Ministers passed a bill amending the Sudanese Nationality Act on Sunday. Read more

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    Déclaration des naissances: les journalistes édifiés sur l'apatridie

    Agence D'Information d'Afrique Centrale, 02 Nov 2017

    Un atelier de sensibilisation des hommes des médias à la question a été ouvert le 2 novembre, à Brazzaville, par la représentation du Haut-commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) et le gouvernement congolais. Read more

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