Rights of the child 2005, para. 16b

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[Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Raising awareness at the national, regional and local levels, whenever necessary, of the importance of the birth registration of all children, irrespective of their status, immediately after birth;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Infants
Year
2005
Paragraph type
OP
Paragraph focus
Identity, family relations and birth registration
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OP
Paragraph number
16b