Bronwen Manby
@bronwenmanby.bsky.social
Nationality, statelessness, identification, human rights; Africa & international. Affiliations: @globalcit.bsky.social @icws-sas.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social https://citizenshiprightsafrica.org/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bronwen-Manby/research
Just 10 days to submit to this amazing ECR roundtable @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar, convened by MC Loureiro, which aims to open space for new ways of understanding & challenging practices and theories of belonging, rights & protections. Details here: le.ac.uk/law/news/law...
Belgian court refers the Semlex company itself + its director and 13 others (Belgian & Congolese) to stand trial on allegations of bribery of foreign public officials, money laundering and tax fraud in connection with the contract for Congolese biometric passports. www.fidh.org/en/region/Af...
Congo: Semlex company referred to the criminal court on charges of international corruption
For the first time, a Belgian company will have to answer in court over allegations that it bribed foreign public officials. Congolese citizens, (…)
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Senegalese Council of Ministers communique on adoption of draft law for accession to the Protocol to the ACHPR on the right to a nationality and eradication of statelessness
Afropages@afropages.bsky.social · yesterday🇸🇳 COMMUNIQUE DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES DU MERCREDI 2 SEPTEMBRE 2026 [Lejecos] #Afropages
Senegalese Council of Ministers communique on adoption of draft law for accession to the Protocol to the ACHPR on the right to a nationality and eradication of statelessness
Afropages@afropages.bsky.social · yesterday🇸🇳 COMMUNIQUE DU CONSEIL DES MINISTRES DU MERCREDI 2 SEPTEMBRE 2026 [Lejecos] #Afropages
Looks like Senegal will be the first African state to ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of #Statelessness www.seneweb.com/fr/news/Poli...
Nationalité et élimination de l’apatridie : le Conseil des Ministres adopte le projet de loi de ratification du Protocole additionnel
Le Conseil des Ministres a examiné et adopté un projet de loi autorisant le Président de la République à ratifier le Protocole à la Charte africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples relatif au dro...
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"For the authorities, this reconnection is not about erasing the wounds of the past, but about allowing Afro-descendants to inscribe their history within a new dynamic, based on identity, memory, and the building of a shared future." apanews.net/ten-people-o...
Ten people of African descent granted Beninese citizenship
Ten people of African descent officially reconnected with their Beninese roots by receiving their nationality certificates at a ceremony held on Saturday, at the Cotonou Judicial Complex.The ceremony ...
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On the blog: Catherine Harrington, Director of Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, shares powerful stories from two women, Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough and Rasha Altabshi, whose lives have been impacted by statelessness or the threat of it. www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/meet-tw...
Meet two women working for the essential right to a nationality | Women's Refugee Commission
Catherine Harrington, Director of the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, shares powerful stories from two women, Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough and Rasha Altabshi, whose lives have been impact...
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65 years after the 1961 Convention, millions still live without a nationality - often denied access to basic rights and trapped in exclusion. Statelessness is preventable and solvable. What is needed is political will to ensure everyone has the right to belong.
65 years after landmark Convention, UNHCR calls for renewed action to prevent statelessness | UNHCR
GENEVA – Sixty-five years since the conclusion of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for renewed political commitment to ensure that everyo...
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Excellent analysis as ever from @migobs.bsky.social - the big uptick in citizenship applications seems to me a logical consequence of recent political debates calling into Q the rights of those with Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/press/citize...
Citizenship applications hit new record while asylum applications fall - Migration Observatory
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ICYMI: We published Joseph Maggs's analysis of an important ruling on visitor visa refusals. Where the Home Office finds an applicant is "not genuinely seeking entry", that amounts to a deception finding — and applicants must be given a chance to respond. Worth reading.
Visitor visa applicants must be allowed to respond to ‘not genuinely seeking entry’ allegation - Free Movement
Where a visitor visa is refused on the grounds that the applicant is not genuinely seeking entry as a visitor, this amounts to a finding of deception. Home
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UK immigration stats 2025-26: Citizenship applications were up 17%, but actual grants fell slightly by 4% to 246,000.
Free Movement@freemovement.bsky.social · last wk.Long thread alert 🧵 1. Immigration, asylum and citizenship numbers are all down in the latest quarterly statistics covering the year ending June 2026. The same downward trends we've been tracking continue across the board.
Ghana: Legally, either parent can transmit citizenship. The differences show up in evidence, not entitlement. newsghana.com.gh/why-legal-eq...
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Citizenship Through the Mother: Why Syria’s Nationality Law is a Social Protection Crisis www.arab-reform.net/publication/...
Citizenship Through the Mother: Why Syria’s Nationality Law is a Social Protection Crisis – Arab Reform Initiative
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Kuwait removes political rights of naturalised citizens kuwaittimes.com/article/4858...
Kuwait amends citizenship law - kuwaitTimes
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued Sunday decree-law no. 79 of 2026 amending certain provisions of the Kuwaiti nationality law....
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Italian Court of Cassation rules that children born abroad to an Italian parent in a country applying the ius soli principle retained Italian citizenship even if their Italian parent later naturalized while they were minors www.imidaily.com/europe/italy...
Italy's Top Court Rules Dual Citizens From Birth Never Lost Citizenship, Reviving Denied Descent Cases - IMI Daily
Marco Mesina explains the landmark ruling that ends the two-year “minor issue” saga, and who stands to benefit.
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Consular assistance as critical human rights protection - and entirely absent here for those trafficked to work in scam centres and passports confiscated www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
They escaped south-east Asia’s scam compounds. Then they realised they were still trapped
The cyber-fraud industry has flourished in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, with thousands of people trafficked into the industry. But even those who have managed to find a way out often cannot return ...
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We've updated our briefing on migrants and crime in the UK It looks at whether foreign nationals are more or less likely to be convicted than British citizens, and how many foreign national offenders are removed after serving their sentences Here are the key points.
Taunting oppressors to crack down on obviously innocent activities. For more examples of this sort of strategy see @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social 's wonderful Street Spirit www.stevecrawshaw.com/books/street...
Street Spirit by Steve Crawshaw
When no one’s listening, it takes more than shouting louder to be heard. Remarkable protests that have used humour, courage and creativity to bring about change.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2mo agoMore than a decade ago, a group of young, internet-connected Belarusian dissidents launched a series of increasingly high-stakes, increasingly surreal confrontations with the corrupt, authoritarian government of Alexander Lukashenka, a man who is often called "the last Soviet dictator." 1/
"Remarkably, little of the domestic critique [about Aadhaar] appears to have shaped how the system is described to the rest of the world. This is worth a closer look, not b/c digital identity is a bad idea, but b/c Aadhaar embodies one particular design choice." www.techpolicy.press/aadhaars-suc...
Aadhaar's Success Story Deserves a Closer Look
Remarkably little of the domestic critique appears to have shaped how the system is described to the rest of the world, writes Subhashis Banerjee.
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Discretionary citizenship registration for stateless children turns on evidence, not entitlement. A new High Court decision reminds us that even where children are stateless, weak supporting evidence can sink a section 3(1) application. Cathryn Davies breaks down what went wrong.
Challenge to citizenship refusal under section 3(1) by stateless children refused for lack of supporting evidence - Free Movement
Two stateless children were refused British citizenship under section 3(1). The court dismissed their judicial review, stressing the need for strong evidence.
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De/Colonialism from Within: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives from Africa - bookmarking for later a special issue on African colonisations before the Europeans www.tandfonline.com/toc/raza20/6...
Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa
De/Colonialism from Within: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives from Africa Guest Editors: Timothy Clack and Shadreck Chirikure. Volume 60, Issue 3 of Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa
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The Conversation Africa@africa.theconversation.com · 3w agoArchaeology is revealing new perspectives on Africa’s colonial past — and challenging how that history has been understood and told. theconversation.com/colonialism-... #ArtsCultureAndSociety
Archaeology is revealing new perspectives on Africa’s colonial past — and challenging how that history has been understood and told. theconversation.com/colonialism-... #ArtsCultureAndSociety
Colonialism in Africa: archaeology offers a deeper view
Archaeology offers a useful way to counter some biases.
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Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) rules that foreign-born children adopted abroad by Brazilian citizens are entitled to Brazilian nationality by birth, provided the adoption is registered with a competent consular authority www.loc.gov/item/global-...
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A round-up from Kristie Kwarteng @migrationpolicy.bsky.social on preferential access to citizenship granted by West African States to descendants of West Africans www.migrationpolicy.org/journal/feat...
West African Countries Offer Citizenship to Descendants of Enslaved Africans
West African governments are offering citizenship to descendants of enslaved Africans and other diaspora members as both a symbolic act of reparative justice and a practical strategy to attract invest...
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NEW: President Trump is taking aim at birthright citizenship again, this time with a narrower order aiming to deny citizenship to four groups of children. This new order is far less sweeping than the original, but may also violate the Constitution. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they...
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Legal access in a shrinking space: Building ecosystems to end statelessness https://ift.tt/YAnhkGw
Legal access in a shrinking space: Building ecosystems to end statelessness
Durable ecosystems of support are not a supplement to legal strategy; they are the strategy, from community to clinic to court and back again.
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UK Court of Appeal holds that the child of a British Overseas Citizen mother living in the UAE can't invoke Arts 8 and 14 of the ECHR to challenge sex discrimination in UK nationality legislation - explanation at @ukhumanrightsblog.bsky.social ukhumanrightsblog.com/2026/08/05/w...
When a nationality decision is beyond the Convention’s reach - UK Human Rights Blog
By Matthew Howarth In R (Al Hashimi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 943, the Court of Appeal held that a woman living in the United Arab Emirates could not invoke Article...
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