The right to a nationality: Women and children 2012, para. 8
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Calls upon States to ensure free birth registration, including free or low-fee late birth registration, for every child, and underscores the importance of effective birth registration and provision of documentary proof of birth irrespective of his or her immigration status and that of his or her parents or family members, which can contribute to reducing statelessness, as well as reducing vulnerability to trafficking in persons and other abuses and violations of their human rights;
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
Women
Year
2012
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, The right to a nationality: Women and children (2012), A/HRC/RES/20/4, OP 8.