Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention 2009, para. 43
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States parties should ensure that indigenous communities are informed about the importance of birth registration and of the negative implications of its absence on the enjoyment of other rights for non-registered children. States parties should ensure that information to this effect is available to indigenous communities in their own languages and that public awareness campaigns are undertaken in consultation with the communities concerned.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
Children
Ethnic minorities
Year
2009
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 11, Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention (2009), para. 43.