During 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children, the Legal Resources Centre will be sharing the stories of survivors of gender based violence who fled their countries to seek asylum in South Africa. Many women, children and sexual and gender non-conforming persons endure horrific hardship, sexual persecution, assault, rape and […]
Tag Archives: Stateless
Children's Rights, Equality and Non-discrimination, Social Security, South Africa
From stateless to citizen
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Even though the Constitution of South Africa states that every child has the right to a name and nationality from birth, for various reasons children can become stateless (not registered as a citizen of any country) or their birth registration can be delayed. Children in this situation do not have access to the privileges and […]