Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 2
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Reminds States of their obligation to register all births without discrimination of any kind, and also reminds States that birth registration should take place immediately after birth, in the country where children are born, including the children of migrants, non-nationals, asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons, in accordance with their national law and their obligations under the relevant international instruments, and that late birth registration should be limited to those cases that would otherwise result in a lack of registration;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Movement
Person(s) affected
Children
Infants
Persons on the move
Year
2017
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (2017), A/HRC/RES/34/15, OP 2.