The right to a nationality: Women and children 2012, para. 6
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Noting also the provisions of international and regional human rights and other instruments that specify the obligations of States parties to register every child immediately after birth, inter alia, article 24, paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the role that birth registration plays in preventing statelessness,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Children
Infants
Women
Year
2012
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, The right to a nationality: Women and children (2012), A/HRC/RES/20/4, PP 6.