Go back to the previous page Kenya Operational Context The Constitution of Kenya, 2010, guarantees every child the right to a name and nationality from birth. In addition, the country is party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides for a...
Go back to the previous page Senegal Operational Context Senegal acceded to the UN Statelessness Conventions, and is party to the international and regional instruments on children’s rights. In the framework of ECOWAS, in 2015 Senegal signed the Abidjan Declaration...
Go back to the previous page South Africa Operational Context South Africa has ratified a range of international and regional legal instruments which provide a strong legal basis to address childhood statelessness. In addition, the Constitution of South Africa and...
Go back to the previous page Montenegro Operational Context Montenegro enacted several changes to legislation governing nationality on its road to independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and later from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro....
Go back to the previous page The Philippines Operational Context While the Philippines has a relatively high overall birth registration rate of 90 percent, this is in significant contrast to the situation in some rural communities and conflict zones where levels of...
Go back to the previous page Norway Operational Context Norway is party to the major international and regional treaties related to statelessness. However, it is yet to incorporate key international provisions in its nationality law. The Norwegian Nationality Act...
