6.3.
6.4.
6.5.
6.6.
6.7.
6.8.
7.
Recommendations.............................................................................................................. 97
7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
7.4.
7.5.
7.6.
7.7.
8.
Nationality laws in West Africa are ill-adapted to the reality of migration .......................... 91
Due process and transparency are key ................................................................................. 92
Nationality administration is uncoordinated and incoherent .............................................. 93
Regional cooperation mechanisms are badly needed .......................................................... 94
Nationality is politically sensitive .......................................................................................... 95
“Technical fixes” may not address the core problems ......................................................... 95
An integrated approach to nationality systems.................................................................... 97
Accessions to and implementation of UN and AU treaties .................................................. 97
Law reform ............................................................................................................................ 97
Nationality administration .................................................................................................... 98
Documentation of populations at risk of statelessness ........................................................ 98
ECOWAS institutional support for inter-state cooperation and common norms ................ 98
The role of international partners ........................................................................................ 99
Annexes ........................................................................................................................... 100
8.1.
8.2.
8.3.
8.4.
8.5.
Extract from General Comment on Article 6 of the ACRWC............................................... 100
ACHPR resolutions 2013 and 2014 ..................................................................................... 105
ECOWAS States Parties to the UN Conventions on Statelessness ...................................... 108
Nationality legislation currently in force in ECOWAS States .............................................. 109
Bibliography ........................................................................................................................ 110