Supplementary judgment at centre of Nourah Ba case in Senegal
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senenews
A supplementary judgment allows Senegalese courts to reconstruct an unregistered birth and open access to identity documents, passports and voting. The procedure is at the centre of the investigation into influencer Mariama Ba, known as Nourah Ba, according to Senenews, which recalls the rules of the Family Code.
In Senegal, a supplementary judgment can serve as a birth certificate when a person does not have one. Issued by a court of first instance, it can then be used to obtain an identity card or passport, or to register on the electoral roll, according to Senenews.
Provided for under Articles 87 and 88 of the Family Code under the name ‘judicial authorisation for registration’, the document has been requested by hundreds of thousands of Senegalese. It is at the centre of the investigation into influencer Mariama Ba, known as Nourah Ba, whose alleged offences have yet to be established. The person concerned and the other people named in the case are presumed innocent, reports Senenews.
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