The implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence 2016, para. 41
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The lack of birth registration can result in significant additional complications during adolescence, such as the denial of basic services, the inability to prove nationality or receive an identification document, a heightened risk of being exploited or trafficked, a lack of necessary safeguards in the criminal justice and immigration systems and the underage conscription into the armed forces. Adolescents who have not been registered at birth or immediately after should be provided with free late birth certificates and civil registration.
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
Movement
Person(s) affected
Adolescents
Children
Infants
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 20, The implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence (2016), para. 41.