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Kenya: Nubian children should be given citizenship at birth
As Africa marks the Day of the African Child, the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) joins the Nubian community in Kenya to celebrate a first victory in their long struggle for citizenship. Nubian children have a [...]
Read More...Kenya violates African Children’s Charter as Nubian children suffer discrimination and statelessness
Kenya has been found in violation of the rights of Nubian children to non-discrimination, nationality and protection against statelessness by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. In a landmark decision issued on 25 [...]
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Posted in African Committee of Experts, African Human Rights Mechanisms, Decided Cases, Latest News
Tagged African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, children's rights, discrimination, Kenya, right to a nationality, right to education, right to health, right to property, statelessness
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Citizenship rights for children – Kenya
ACERWC Communication
Article 6, especially sub-article 4, of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child guarantees the rights of every African child to a nationality at birth. Nubian children in Kenya are born stateless, and face daunting [...]
Posted in Cases, Ongoing Cases
Tagged ACERWC, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, children's rights, Kenya
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Citizenship rights – Kenya
ACmHPR Communication 317/06 Nubian Community in Kenya / Kenya
Kenyan Nubians entered Kenya as part of the colonial British King’s African Rifles (KAR) in the late 19th century. The British colonial authorities allocated land, including the settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, [...]
Posted in Cases, Ongoing Cases
Tagged ACmHPR, African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Kenya
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