Monthly Archives: May 2019

A scattered people – remembering the Nansen Armenians

Nansen Armenians

“The people of the earth have thus entered in varying degrees into a universal community, and it has developed to the point where a violation of rights in one part of the world is felt everywhere. The idea of a cosmopolitan right is therefore not fantastic and overstrained; it is a necessary complement to the unwritten code of political and …

What the recent elections in Nigeria can tell us about the relationship between voter registration, biometrics and a credible legal identity

Nigeria Elections

Recently Nigeria held federal elections to elect a new president. The elections were finally held on 23 February after some last-minute delays caused the original date of 16 February 2019 to be abandoned. I focus on the elections in Nigeria because they provide an insight into the wider issues of how to achieve a credible legal identity and adequate identity …