Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law 2017, para. 7
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Further calls upon States to assess the potential risk to privacy and to take steps to protect individuals from discrimination and harm when determining the information included in a birth certificate, particularly details concerning origin, race, ethnicity, religion and parents' marital status, and to consider reflecting on birth certificates only minimum information, such as the child's name, gender, date and place of birth, and when available, parents' names, citizenship and addresses;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
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 7.