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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 1d

Rwandan naturalisations increasing, apparently - though (like all African states) the numbers remain tiny #citizenshipinafrica
nationalnewsexpress.com/rwanda-grant...

Rwanda Grants Citizenship To 74 Foreign Nationals, Largest Number To Burundians - National News Expressnationalnewsexpress.com

Thirty-two Burundian nationals have officially been granted Rwandan citizenship, in the largest single cohort at once.

nationalnewsexpress.com

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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 2d

Citizenship in the News 🇺🇸📰

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can’t end birthright citizenship: Adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order.

apnews.com/article/birt...

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can't end birthright citizenship

A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.

apnews.com

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 2d

@equalitynow.bsky.social press release welcoming the decision of the African Commission on Human & People's Rights in relation to sexual violence committed by DRC military personnel in South Kivu
reliefweb.int/report/democ...

Landmark ruling finally brings justice for survivors of wartime sexual violence in DRC - Democratic Republic of the Congo

News and Press Release in English on Democratic Republic of the Congo about Gender and Protection and Human Rights; published on 6 Oct 2025 by Equality Now

reliefweb.int

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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · 5d

A typically powerful and very alarming piece by Conor Gearty on domestic courts and the Human Rights Act:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 5d

The code also establishes a legislative framework for #digitalID

Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 5d

deprivation of nationality based on national security or acts incompatible with the status of a Burkinabe extended to nationals from birth, not only naturalised (see art 153)

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 5d

Apologies that site functionality is broken - we're working on it...

Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 5d

Burkina Faso: New Code des personnes et le la famille adopted last month now promulgated. Nationality provisions remain amongst the most open on the continent, and Chapter 7 includes new provisions on rights of #stateless persons. Download text here: citizenshiprightsafrica.org/burkina-faso...

Burkina Faso: Loi n°012-2025/ALT portant Code des personnes et de la famille : Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative

Everyone has the right to a nationality

citizenshiprightsafrica.org

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 5d

Niger : nouvelles déchéances provisoires de nationalité : Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative

Everyone has the right to a nationality

citizenshiprightsafrica.org

Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 5d

Chad joins the Central/West African states taking to #citizenshipdeprivation as a way of silencing critics @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Chad’s Weaponization of Citizenship

On September 17 the Chadian authorities published a decree purporting to strip blogger Makaila Nguebla and journalist Charfadine Galmaye Saleh of their nationality. The move marks a chilling escalatio...

www.hrw.org

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Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion @institute-si.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Register now for a @enstatelessness.bsky.social webinar (Thurs 23 Oct, 12:00 UK) on protecting the rights of #stateless #Palestinians in the UK. The session marks the launch of a new legal briefing and will share key findings. Register here👉 tinyurl.com/ydu3k9ph

WEBINAR Protecting the rights of stateless Palestinians in the UK

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European Network on Statelessness @enstatelessness.bsky.social · 6d

In our latest guest blog, Julie Lugulu explores the risk of #statelessness faced by foundlings in Kenya.

She shares international good practice and suggests ways for Kenya to strengthen legal protection and reduce childhood statelessness.

Read more: buff.ly/SYEkLYl

#ChildrensRights #Kenya

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 7d

The United States is "actively trying to dismantle" today's system of international justice.

@fborello.bsky.social and @agnescallamard.bsky.social discuss how US sanctions against Palestinian rights orgs and ICC and UN officials puts rights at risk globally:

Opinion | What Happened to Human Rights for Palestinians?

www.nytimes.com

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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · Sep 5

AJIL's Special Issue on Reparations in International Law is now available online featuring a stunning line up of authors and topics related to reparations. These articles will be freely available for all to read for a limited time. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies @icws-sas.bsky.social · 7d

Every year, during Black History Month, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies is proud to host the annual Memorial2007 lecture.

To learn how you can help the cause, visit: www.memorial2007.org.uk

#BlackHistoryMonth #Memorial2007 #InternationalCrime #GlobalReparations #Slavery #SlaveTrade

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Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social · 12d

New on the #RLI blog: 'Opening doors and preventing childhood statelessness' by @cynthiaorchard.bsky.social, Manager of the @refugeelawclinic.bsky.social and an individual member of the European Network on Statelessness.

rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/26/o...

#Statelessness #Children #Citizenship

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Emrys Schoemaker @emryss.bsky.social · 10d

To be read alongside the reporting of Ellison’s funding of the Tony Blair Institute’s advisory / advocacy efforts:

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 11d

Press release from Arton Capital, who will run the program
www.artoncapital.com/industry-new...

Botswana to launch Impact Citizenship Programme - Arton Capital

25th September 2025, Montreal, Canada Arton Capital, the world-leading investment migration consultancy, has today announced an exclusive memorandum of

www.artoncapital.com

Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 11d

Context:

Botswana diamond giant Debswana slashes output as demand falls

Botswana, one of the world's biggest diamond producers, has been struck by a global decline in the market.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 11d

Downturn in the global diamond market pushes Botswana to #citizenshipbyinvestment program

www.reuters.com

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 11d

Nuanced and informative post on the UK #digitalID announcement: "Giving more people the ability to verify their identity is undoubtedly important in a democracy [...] but that is not the same thing as creating harder borders"

Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 11d

I don't have an issue with identity cards as a category. Some of my concerns about this particular announcement here www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...

Unpacking Digital ID - can the government deliver on its ambitions? — Careful Industries

A look at what has been proposed, how it might work, and whether it will be effective.

www.careful.industries

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Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 12d

NEW Q&A | Can the World Make Recognition of Palestine’s Statehood Matter?

A high-profile diplomatic initiative has led nine more countries to recognise the State of Palestine. Amjad Iraqi explains the pluses and minuses of this momentum.

www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Can the World Make Recognition of Palestine's Statehood Matter? | International Crisis Group

A high-profile diplomatic initiative has led nine more countries to recognise the State of Palestine. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Amjad Iraqi explains the pluses and minuses of this momentum and ...

www.crisisgroup.org

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 12d

Complex question, but eg continental European countries generally have much stronger legal frameworks on due process in relation to determination of nationality and legal status, as well as privacy - so the ID system has stronger constraints to prevent bad effects. See eg @djsredanovic.bsky.social

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Djordje Sredanovic @djsredanovic.bsky.social · 12d

2) Digital-only ID is a Global South creation, introduced by countries that would have struggled to find the resources to register and document the whole population. British arguments for digital-only ID (anti-forgery, avoiding ID confiscation from exploiters) are not very convincing

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Djordje Sredanovic @djsredanovic.bsky.social · 12d

Today we have the official government statements on digital ID and I would add a few things to what I am seeing on here. 1) The UK is an ID-poor country. The relative difficulty of getting a recognised ID, and the share of citizens without a recognised ID would be unthinkable in continental Europe.

Djordje Sredanovic @djsredanovic.bsky.social · 13d

With the government moving to introduce mandatory digital ID, I will repeat myself: digital ID is the worst of both worlds, as it keeps the dimension of government control while leaving people without a physical document to autonomously prove their rights www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The vulnerability of in-between statuses: ID and migration controls in the cases of the ‘Windrush generation’ scandal and Brexit

In this article, I argue that identity documents (ID) and migration statuses are both tools of population control and subjectivities that individuals have an interest in holding. I use documentary ...

www.tandfonline.com

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